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Speak Out: Do You Celebrate Valentine's Day?

Hate it, love it or just plain don't celebrate it? Tell us in the comments!

St. Valentine certainly never suspected his name would invoke such passion thousands of years after his death.

Not much is known about the saint, but it is known he died on Feb. 14 around the 5th century. Now his namesake has sparked romance β€” at least just one day a year.

The holiday bearing his name has become a $16 billion industry in the United States.Β 

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But not everyone loves Valentine's Day.Β There's even an entire website dedicated to people complaining about the love-dovey holidayΒ and anti-Valentine's Day parties.

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Do you celebrate Valentine's Day? Do you dread it? What are your plans? Tell us in the comments!

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