A Downton Abbey Valentine: What to Make of Marriage in Season Three

February 13, 2013 By 3 Comments
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Note: This post contains spoilers for Season 3 of Downton Abbey. Like much of Britain and America, we here at Christ and Pop Culture love us some Downton Abbey, the Julian Fellowes television series that traces the lives of a family of English nobles and their servants over the course of the early twentieth century. [...]

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Before You Buy Your Valentine’s Day Chocolate, Read This

February 12, 2013 By 2 Comments
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  Oh, Valentine’s day. Riddled with expectations, horrible satin bows, and lots and lots of chocolate (58 million pounds sold each Valentine’s week in the U.S. alone). But there is another, somewhat hidden story lurking underneath. Of the chocolate that we purchase for those near and dear to us this week, there is almost certainly [...]

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