St. Skeletor's Day – February 15, 2025

History of St. Skeletor's Day

Valentine’s Day, or St. Valentine’s Day, is celebrated on February 14 every year. It was originally meant to be a day honoring two Christian martyrs named Valentine, but it eventually came to be known as a day of romance and love. Although there is no evidence of Valentine’s Day being a celebration of love, the earliest record of the same comes from Chaucer’s poem “Valentine’s Day.”

As the day made its way around the world, people began exchanging handwritten love notes. These rapidly grew in popularity, and printers began producing mechanical valentines such as a collection of doodles and love notes. This further turned into greeting cards, gifts, flowers, and before you know it, Valentine’s Day became commercialized. Companies like Cadbury and Hallmark recognized the business opportunity and established themselves as key players in this holiday.

It’s all cute and lovable if you have someone to love and be loved by; however, Valentine’s Day is anything but pleasant when you’re single. No one wants to be surrounded by overpriced teddy bears, couples indulging in heavy P.D.A., and everything dressed up in red and pink packaging. Every V-Day reference is a reminder of how single you are and nobody enjoys that. This is where St. Skeletor’s Day comes in.

The day was created in 1998 by British comedian Richard Herring. In his words, St. Skeletor’s Day is “a day for all the lost souls who don’t have anyone to love,” and it is “devoted to the destruction of love.” He said that there should not be any one day to give flowers, you can do it any other day too! Besides thwarting the destruction of love, the day also calls for the destruction of greeting cards, and of people who simply won’t shut up about their boyfriends and girlfriends. On St. Skeletor’s Day, you do not have to buy any gifts for people or do anything special; let’s keep that for Valentine’s Day!