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Mistletoe and Valentine’s Day

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Mistletoe-and-Valentines-Day.mp3 Author Lola Haskins Air Date 2/14/2007 Mistletoe and Valentine’s Day Transcript Valentine’s Day this year brings back memories of our last holiday season, when my five-year-old granddaughter found out that if she went around the house holding a sprig of mistletoe over her head, she’d get kisses. Now since […]

Valentine’s Day with the Beatles

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Valentines-Day-with-the-Beatles.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/14/2005 Valentine’s Day with the Beatles Transcript It’s Valentine’s Day, a day for flowers, and chocolates, and, of course, for observations about love — like eight-year-old Dave who says, “Love will find you even if you are trying to hide from it. I been […]

Korean Valentines

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/New-Kinds-of-Valentines-in-South-Korea.mp3 Author Cathlena Martin Air Date 4/14/2004 Korean Valentines Transcript Two months ago on February 14, Americans celebrated Valentine’s Day. Some people feel that this is a ridiculous holiday promoted largely by the greeting card, flower, and candy industries, while others cherish it as a day of love and caring. […]

Esther Howland, Valentine Entrepreneur

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Esther-Howland.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 2/13/2001 Esther Howland, Valentine Entrepreneur Transcript Esther Howland was the first person to take seriously the business of elaborate handmade valentines. As a teenager, in 1847 she received her first Valentine from England. It had an elaborate border of fine lace paper, and was […]

Kids’ Valentines Poems

Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Kids-Valentines-Poems.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 2/14/2000 Kids’ Valentine’s Poems Transcript Several years ago I gave a talk about writing for the children at an elementary school, just a few days after Valentine’s Day. I happened to have my idea book with me, which I showed to them. In it […]