tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post4999265274092478078..comments2023-09-10T06:56:26.082-04:00Comments on Roasted Peanuts: Valentine's Day, 1953: The First Time Charlie Brown Got No ValentinesRodneyliveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476187929555342435noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38625371245795065.post-73940687734529885692010-08-11T15:32:19.330-04:002010-08-11T15:32:19.330-04:00When we had valentine exchanges in grade school, e...When we had valentine exchanges in grade school, everyone took great pains to give valentines to *everyone* in the class, regardless of gender or even whether you liked them. It was considered bad form to exclude anyone... and when it happened, it was usually by accident.<br /><br />Far more analogous to CB's situation were roses that were exchanged in high school on Valentine's Day. For a fee (which usually went to some extracurricular activity), you could send a red rose to a sweetheart, a rose to a friend (only girls did that), or a "secret admirer" rose (a prank half of the time). Naturally, the popular kids went home with armfuls of roses, and everyone else was happy to get one or two.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com