Old Valentine

Did you know …

That Sir Isaac Newton invented Valentine’s Day? It’s true!

Ok, so, there was a Saint Valentine, but his feast day was typically celebrated by impregnating wealthier women. Newton created Valentine’s as we know it today.

Sir Isaac was never married, and many think that the reason why is related to the genesis of the modern Valentine’s Day holiday. See, Newton was conducting an affair with a much older, much wealthier woman (as was the tradition) we know only as “Lady M.” While Lady M. was married to an even older man, Newton believed that he could still win her heart.

However, on February 13, 1674, Lady M. sent a letter to Isaac informing him that she would not leave her husband. On the following day, Isaac sent a package to Lady M. and her husband. The package contained what is believed to have been the heart of a goat, or perhaps a small deer, and a note reading “Old Valentine will eat your hearts in hell. Love FOREVER, Newt.”

And the rest is history!