First Valentine's Day (Ancient Rome, 496 AD)

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02/10/25 • 130 min

Do you smell that? Chocolate. Roses. Some special occasion fragrance. And, of course, the dewy marinara of a romantic pizza tarp! It's Valentine's Day and that's LOVE you're smelling on the air. A smell so potent that this episode is all about the FIRST VALENTINE'S DAY! Was it always about buying stuff for your paramour? We'll let you know, but only if you listen to the show! Plus, we get cinematic and etiquettical in the MouthGarf Report... And as always, there's I See What You Did There.

Sources:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16945378#:~:text=The%20Romans%20had%20a%20festival,in%20the%20year%20496%20AD!
https://www.realsimple.com/holidays-entertaining/holidays/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day#:~:text=At%20the%20end%20of%20the,generally%20more%20religious%20than%20romantic.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupercalia#:~:text=Lupercalia%2C%20also%20known%20as%20Lupercal,for%20the%20month%20named%20Februarius

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