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Valentine's Day edition: what's the origin story of XOXO?

Writer: CultivateEdCultivateEd

Do the X and the O really mean hugs and kisses?
Do the X and the O really mean hugs and kisses?

The X has been used to mark kisses for quite some time, but did you have any idea that there was a religious backstory to the use of Os to mark hugs? The evolution and the use of the X and the O to communicate faith, identification, and love (as well as so much more) traces as far back as ancient Egypt.


 
 
 

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