Weird victorian valentines

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Feeling anti-Valentine's Day this year? Well, instead of sending lovey-dovey cards, you can send Vinegar Valentines and insult those you dislike this year! Vinegar Valentines were a popular Victorian tradition of sending offensive cards to your enemies or people you disliked or you thought had done wrong. According to Wikipedia, these cards were first produced in America as early as the 1840s and really gained in popularity around the turn of the century, and continued to be produced until…

Vinegar Valentine, Dippy, Dreamer, Chromolithograph, 1900 by IntaglioPrintsMaps on Etsy

Rat Trap Valentine #2 | One of my all time favorites. | Flickr

What passed for cute back in the day is now considered creepy, abusive and downright weird. There's terribly strange vintage Valentine's Day cards will surely make you wonder what were they thinking?

Valentine’s Day was originally a Christian liturgical holiday, but it has since become a global synonym for the celebration of love and affection. Various

My eyes roll to impart, don't monkey with my heart. ~ vintage Valentine's day card, valentine, creepy clown with toy monkey

"Fork over your heart".

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Sardine and Leek, doing the dance of love.

In the 1840s, hopeful American and British lovers sent lacy valentines with cursive flourishes and lofty poems by the thousands. But what to...

You won't be able to unlearn some of these bizarre historical facts about Valentine's Day.

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They don't make valentines like they used to. The love notes given in the early 20th century were much more interesting than the cookie-cutter pop culture cards kids hand out today... 1. How many can you keep on the string at one time?. 2. It STRIKES me that I love you. 3. I'll be green with envy if SOMEBODY ELSE is your Valentine. 4. Be my Valentine. I'm up a tree and awful blue. Give me your heart that's the thing to do. 5. Let me take a STAB at being your Valentine. 6. Old Chappy I'm…

Your Valentine could turn out to be a psycho. | The 33 Worst Things That Could Happen On Valentine's Day

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