unexplained-events: Vinegar ValentinesThese cynical, sarcastic, often mean-spirited greeting cards
unexplained-events: Vinegar Valentines These cynical, sarcastic, often mean-spirited greeting cards were first produced in America during the late Victorian Era. They were given on Valentine’s Day and featured a caricature and poem which insulted the looks, intelligence, or occupation of a person. The receiver, not the sender, was responsible for the cost of postage up until the 1840s. Sometimes they were sent as jokes by anonymous admirers but some were so distasteful that they were often confiscated by postmasters before they reached their intended recipients. -- source link