91 days until Valentine's Day 2027

Each weekday until Valentine's Day 2027

Counting the days after today, up to and including Sunday, February 14, 2027. Useful for counting school days, work shifts or a weekly class before Valentine's Day.

About Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day takes its name from St. Valentine, a Christian martyr of third-century Rome. Little is known about his life, and the old stories may describe more than one person. The church marked his feast on February 14. The link with romantic love appears in the late Middle Ages, most famously in Geoffrey Chaucer's poem "Parlement of Foules," which connects St. Valentine's Day with birds choosing their mates.

The date is fixed: Valentine's Day is February 14 every year. It is not a public holiday, so offices, schools and stores keep their normal hours.

Exchanging handwritten love notes became popular in 18th-century England, and printed cards followed in the 1800s. In the US, Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts, began selling elaborate lace-and-paper valentines in the late 1840s, helping turn the custom into a national one. Today Americans mark the day with cards, red roses and other flowers, chocolates and dinners out. In many elementary schools, children decorate boxes or bags and swap small cards with their classmates, and friends often celebrate together too.

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Valentine's Day over the next ten years

Valentine's Day by year