Don’t you remember the Valentine box at school and ow eagerly ... made and covered in the red paper or ribbon and there seat a Kewpie or doll dressed as Cupid. From the doll radiated ribbons ...

from Kewpie dolls and cashew chicken to Route 66 and Buc-ee's. Mark your calendar:19 Valentine's Day activities before, on and after the holiday around Springfield I love you more than cashew chicken.

It's that time of year again — garlands of lacy paper hearts are festooned everywhere you go, pink-cheeked, naughty Kewpie-doll archers ... can only mean one thing: Valentine's Day is nigh.

I think you're a real Kewpie, Valentine! The Kewpie, a cherub-like character was invented by Rose O'Neill, an artist, writer and activist, in 1909. Before the now popular characters were ...