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Nothing more is known about the origins of x and o meaning 'hugs' or 'kisses'. A 2014 article in The Washington Post that drew on interviews with scholars noted that "the Internet abounds with origin theories" yet that "there is no definitive answer to how a cross came to mean a kiss" and even that "less is known about how 'o' came to signify a ...
Free Hugs Campaign. Juan Mann, who started the Free Hugs movement, seen at Pitt Street Mall, Sydney, Australia, 2006. The Free Hugs Campaign is a social movement involving individuals who offer hugs to strangers in public places. [1] The hugs are meant to be random acts of kindness —selfless acts performed just to make others feel better.
Annual. National Hugging Day is an annual event dedicated to hugging in the United States. It was created by Kevin Zaborney, a Christian pastor, [1][2] and occurs annually on January 21. The day was first celebrated in 1986, in Clio, Michigan. [3] The holiday is also observed in many other countries. [4][5] The idea of National Hug Day is to ...
Holy kiss. Farewell of Saints Peter and Paul, showing the Apostles giving each other the holy kiss before their martyrdom. (Alonzo Rodriguez, 16th century, Museo Regionale di Messina). The holy kiss is an ancient traditional Christian greeting, also called the kiss of peace or kiss of charity, and sometimes the "brother kiss" (among men), or ...
Hershey's Kisses are chocolates first produced by the Hershey Company in 1907. The bite-sized pieces of chocolate have a distinctive conical shape, sometimes described as flat-bottomed teardrops. Hershey's Kisses chocolates are wrapped in squares of lightweight aluminum foil. A narrow strip of paper, called a plume, protrudes from the top of ...
The socialist fraternal kiss was a special form of greeting between socialist state leaders. The act demonstrated the special connection that exists between Communist countries, consisting of an embrace, along with a series of three kisses on alternate cheeks. [1] In rare cases, when the two leaders considered themselves exceptionally close ...
A hug, sometimes in association with a kiss, is a form of nonverbal communication. Depending on culture, context and relationship, a hug can indicate familiarity, love, affection, friendship, brotherhood, flirting or sympathy. [2] Hugs can indicate support, comfort, and consolation, particularly where words are insufficient. A hug usually ...
Free Hugs! (フリーハグス) is the eighth original album by Japanese boy band Kis-My-Ft2, released on April 24, 2019, by Avex Trax. [1] The regular disc includes solo songs by all members for the first time in three years since "I Scream". [1] The solo songs are "hugs with music," with each member contributing music, as well as other artists.