In 2017 retail spending for Valentine’s day is expected to reach $19 billion.
This is not a “holy” day; It is the Roman pagan festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration which eventually was “Christianized” in 496 by a pope – like many other pagan festivals.
This video exposes the origins of this practice used to prosper the merchants of the earth.
“And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth.” Exodus 23:13