CALENDAR CUSTOMS
VALENTINE'S DAY
Valentine's Day, Feb. 14th: School children in the 1950s exchanged Valentine cards that were often hand-made from scribbler paper and coloured with red crayons. When times were good, we would buy "books" of Valentine cards that we would cut out and sign. Adults would attend Valentine dances and socials that were held by the local welfare (ie. fraternal) clubs.
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Jean and Elizabeth Lindsay:
[In the 1920s to 1940s] we made our own valentines to send around or give in school; you made them all. We used to make them out of white doilies.
[In the 1920s to 1940s] we made our own valentines to send around or give in school; you made them all. We used to make them out of white doilies.