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You either love roses or you don't. They've gone from being a luxury to the most common flower to ever go into a bouquet. The "red red rose" is offered to you at every streetlight, tightly wrapped in plastic. What's so special about that? Also Valentine's Day, love etc. It's kinda... Basic. But did you know the reason the red rose is associated with St Valentine is because of Christ? The rose has sharp and ancient Christian connotations. It begins with Mary in medieval art in her rose garden, a symbol of Eden and also a popular courting place, your Lodhi Gardens of ancient times. Then Christ wore a crown made of rose thorns, and the red rose in particular was associated with love and matrydom. From there, the rosary beads arose, a garland of roses, a set of prayer beads. Further back, the Romans hung a rose upside down from the ceiling to indicate a private meeting - - leading to all private meetings in the future being referred to as "sub rosa." isn't that cool? Don't you look at roses differently now? Here's a pink rose, the symbol of friendship, from my garden to you, so we can always be friends. #historyofflowers #pinkrose #roses #terracegarden

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