diff --git a/data/json/items/newspaper.json b/data/json/items/newspaper.json
index ca49cfd403468..ee55cd8e2bdaf 100644
--- a/data/json/items/newspaper.json
+++ b/data/json/items/newspaper.json
@@ -14,6 +14,21 @@
     "weight": "3 g",
     "volume": "5 ml"
   },
+  {
+    "type": "GENERIC",
+    "id": "valentine_card",
+    "category": "books",
+    "symbol": ",",
+    "color": "red",
+    "name": { "str": "valentine card" },
+    "snippet_category": "valentine",
+    "description": "A creased holiday card.  It appears to be a Valentine's Day card from before the Cataclysm.",
+    "price": 0,
+    "price_postapoc": 0,
+    "material": [ "paper" ],
+    "weight": "3 g",
+    "volume": "5 ml"
+  },
   {
     "type": "GENERIC",
     "id": "survnote",
diff --git a/data/json/snippets/valentines.json b/data/json/snippets/valentines.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..71d3624a7bb92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/json/snippets/valentines.json
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+[
+  {
+    "type": "snippet",
+    "category": "valentine",
+    "text": [
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_1",
+        "text": "There is a picture of a kitten pouncing; blood faintly drips from its claws.  \"I'd kill!  For you to be my valentine.\""
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_2",
+        "text": "A police robot stalks between office cubicles while an indistinct person hides under a desk.  \"Don't hide from love!\""
+      },
+      { "id": "valentine_3", "text": "A picture of a bloody steak.  \"My love can feed you.\"" },
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_4",
+        "text": "A rustic campground at night lit by a campfire.  \"We should go away together.  Where no one can find us.\""
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_5",
+        "text": "A girl with a giant spoon stirs a cauldron with a boy inside and a fire below.  \"You suit my taste just right, Valentine\""
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_6",
+        "text": "A person stepping out from the forest.  \"Don't be afraid, it's me, your valentine!\""
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_7",
+        "text": "A building that says 'Crematorium' on it.  \"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, show me a Valentine, that I can trust\""
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_8",
+        "text": "A popular RPG character.  \"We should adventure together.\"  In the background, a village in flames."
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_9",
+        "text": "A picture of a room that looks like your bedroom.  \"I can't wait to see you again, Valentine.  Sweet dreams.\""
+      },
+      {
+        "id": "valentine_10",
+        "text": "A girl smiles into the camera.  Behind here a house is on fire.  \"I'm burning, I'm burning, I'm burning for you, my valentine!\""
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+]