Lupercalia (lu-per-call-ee-uh) is a Pagan holiday celebrated by Pagans and Satanists across the world every year from February 13-15th. It is a holiday dedicated to celebrating your control over your own body and identity, while sharing romantic love with your lovers who feel the same way as the winter turns into spring.

The Pagans at the time believed that special ceremonies could bring good luck to themselves and their families, so Lupercalia would be created to celebrate together as the cold winters came to an end. The Pagans would host festivals, couples would go out and spend the day together, communities would meet together, and more.

Now you may be thinking "wait, isn't Lupercalia around the same time as Valentines Day?" and you are correct. It turns out that when Christian leaders gained power in Rome, they demanded that Lupercalia festivals become banned. These Christian leaders would write letters to festival organizers, demanding they stop celebrating the holiday. And once Lupercalia festivals would be pushed out, these Christian leaders would replace it with Valentine's Day, a holiday about St. Valentine.

Lupercalia today is still celebrated, though Valentine's Day has become far more common among Christian and non-Christian populations. The history of Lupercalia is super interesting, as some of the ideas of Valentine's Day originated from Lupercalia.