Valentine's day

Valentine’s day is known as the day of love. It is on every February 14. This day has various meanings to others. Many people exchange love cards, candy, flowers to their special valentine. It all started from February 13 to 15 in which the Romans the big feast of Lupercalia. They would often be with women and have fun. Around the same time, the Normans celebrated Glatatin’s Day which meant “lover of women.” Later on it was developed as Valentine’s Day. The first Valentine’s Day ever was in the year of 496! That was a long time ago. The day gets its name from a famous saint, however, there were numerous stories of who he was. One of the stories of him was that he was a priest from Rome in the third century. Their emperor had banned marriage because he thought married men were bad soldiers. Valentine thought this was not fair so he broke the rules and arranged marriage in secret. After the emperor found out, Valentine was sent to jail and was sentenced to death. There, he fell in love with the jailer's daughter and when he was taken to be killed, he sent a letter ( on February 14)  said, “ From your Valentine.” The catholic church recognizes these saints as legends. However, Valentine’s Day wasn’t a holiday just yet. Pope Gelasius recast this festival as a christian feast day, declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine’s Day. In Addition to the United States, Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada. Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, may people started creating valentines cards and what not. Some of the traditions of Valentine’s Day is sending their love some box of chocolates, a patch of red roses, valentines candy, teddy bears, and love letters. Personally, Valentine's Day is a day where you and your “valentine” or a loved one spend time together and enjoy it.  It is the day of love in which people gets closer. That is my definition of Valentine’s Day.