Puzzle purse Valentine card from c. 1790 that is part of The Postal Museum’s collection. This photograph of the card was taken by a museum photographer in 2011, it is courtesy of the Postal Museum and is used here with permission.

I usually feel very strange about this date. We all know how fictional is this celebration and like it is not the day of love, but the day of all sellers of flowers, balloons, heart-shaped souvenirs and etc.

But hey, if look the matter this way, aren’t all holidays in the year special because we want them to be?

Today I found in the news the oldest valentine at all.

It’s written on it:

“My dear the Heart which you behold,
Will break when you the same unfold,
Even so my heart with lovesick pain,
Sure wounded is and breaks in twain.”

I made a simple translation in Bulgarian, which I posted in the other version of this blog.

This is my way to say Happy Valentine Day to all of us who celebrate Love, not simply this day.

Note (27/Feb/2023): This post was updated with a better copy of the Valentine card.