All right, I know I'm inviting facetious comments, but I'm hoping someone has
discovered a serious answer.
In LOTR, Gandalf is returned to life on February 14. I've done some reading
about the history of the "real" St. Valentine, but I don't find any information
that would suggest a connection with Gandalf. Since we know Tolkien often chose
dates that were significant to him personally, I wondered if anyone knows what
this one might
be?
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
"Gandalf! I thought you were dead! Is everything sad going to come untrue?"
* * * * * * * * * *
"And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten."
"And I will raise him up in the last day."
