A short history of Valentine’s Day

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Every year is the 14th February was the day for love, celebrating the exchange of gifts, promises of eternal love, and much more. True lovers of spring poems about their love and admiration for the women of their dreams, while others only go to a shop and buy cards with verses inspired. Students of universities enjoy the whole day fun and take lunch special.
The history of Valentine’s Day is interesting. In antiquity, Romans celebrated in February, a festival for the god of fertility, the offspring, and they provided with one harvest for God’s glory. In Rome, 15th February was the Feast of Lupercalla and 14 February celebrated as a holiday to honor Juno, the queen of Roman gods and goddesses. On the eve of Lupercalla a glass was filled to the brim with coupons, which were written in the names of all eligible girls. As young men each pull a card out of the glass and the girl, whose name on the note would be its partner for the celebration. This was a method by which the ancient Romans took into consideration each other boys and girls.
Much later in the 3rd Century BC, when Emperor Claudius II ruled Rome there lived a priest named Valentine. And when Claudius, a decree that young men do not marry in his kingdom, Valentine defied him and used to consecrate marriages secretly. He was sentenced to death and thrown into prison. While awaiting his execution, Valentine wrote a letter signed by his love and from the Valentine’s Day. ” After his death, Valentine was a martyr and saint, and was popularly known as Valentine’s Day.
In the 15th Century was celebrated St Valentine’s Day lovers sing their romantic feelings of their chosen ones. Often, sonnets and other poems of love for her romantic interests, said to give.
By the end of this century, these sonnets were written on paper and decorated, was the first valentine. In fact, the oldest surviving valentine was written in 1415 by the Duke of Orleans to his wife. It was written while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London and is on display in the British Museum in London.
Today is Valentine’s Day is celebrated as a holiday in honor of romance. Boys and girls no longer taking names from a glass, but token exchange valentines with messages of affection.
In this country, all mobile operators make good business by passing valentine sms of boys and girls. Radio and satellite TV channels air love songs and romantic operas and dramas. Magazines and newspapers can arrange special write-ups, poems and stories. Boys and girls the day of the festival.
Valentine’s Day is a chance, the story of romance and love to honor.

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