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In France, Valentine’s Day is not really a big deal you might be surprised to know. It is only for couples and typically married or serious ones at that. No friendly gift giving to friends or classmates, they might get the wrong idea! Most of you I am sure know of the Duke of Orléans who sent the first Valentine’s letter, so how about I tell you about what the French call the Lottery of Love. It was once a tradition for all singles to be matched up with the singles in the house closest to them. However, men that did not care for their match often left the woman to seek others. The scorned women would then build huge fires in the street to yell and curse the man who abandoned them. Things eventually got so out of hand the French government had to outlaw the tradition.