What is Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions. The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as “valentines”). The holiday first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
History of Valentine’s Day
One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men — his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.
According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first ‘valentine’ greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl — who may have been his jailor’s daughter — who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed ‘From your Valentine,’ an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It’s no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.
Modern Valentine’s Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.
Thanks: www.wikipedia.org
Today, Valentine’s Day is one of the major holidays in the U.S. and has become a booming commercial success. According to the Greeting Card Association, 25% of all cards sent each year are “valentine”s. The “valentines”, as Valentine’s Day cards are better known as, are often designed with hearts to symbolize love.
Celebration: Valentine’s Day
Observed by: Many countries
Type: Christian, cultural, now celebrated by many countries irrespective of religion
Significance: Love and affection celebrated between lovers
Date: February 14
Observances: Sending greeting cards and gifts, dating
Valentine’s Day Love Quotes
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
[ Lao Tzu ]
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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward in the same direction.
[ Antoine ]
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Loving is not just looking at each other, it’s looking in the same direction. Happy Valentine’s Day
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We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
[ Mother Teresa
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The only regret I have is not knowing you since the day I was born – so that
I will be able to spend my ENTIRE life with you.
Happy Valentine’s Day
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In life luv is neither planned nor does it happen 4 a reason
but when d luv is real
it becums ur plan 4 life
n reason 4 living..!
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Its not ur mistake if u cant read d eyes which cheats u. But its really ur mistake if u cant read d eyes which loves u.
Happy Valentine’s day
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Love isn’t a decision, it’s a feeling. If we could decide who to love, then, life would be much simpler, but then less magical.
