St.valentine's Day

Project on a theme: "Valentine's Day"
Was done by the 10 "A“ former Alina Nadvornaya
How to celebrate valentine's day in England?
Valentine's day or saint valentine's Day is a holiday, which on February 14 note many people around the world. Named for one of the two earlier christian martyrs named Valentine.
In England Valentine's Day become a tradition to celebrate the beginning about the 17th century. There were times when on February 14, the british gave presents to each other secretly, and picked up a couple of himself according to the lot. By the end of the 17th century to become popular paper valentines.
Sometimes they were made of colored paper and signed colored ink. Sometimes punctured with pins on the type of lace, a painted using the stencil.The special place in this holiday is given to the colors. The tradition of giving flowers british подсмотрели the French in the early 18th century. For anybody not a secret, that there is a whole alphabet of giving flowers, thanks to which the donor can express the feelings of the one who presents them to. But still the most popular among lovers on st. Valentine's Day in England is the red rose. Legend has it that the goddess of love Aphrodite came to the bush white roses and поранившись of thorns colored roses in red color.
And the king of France Louis 16 gave Marie Antoinette a bouquet of red roses, and there was this tradition. And the british seized her, and also fall in love, giving the red roses. It is curious, that stiff englishmen Valentine's Day to congratulate not only lovers, but also the favorite pets: dogs, horses, for example.
Every girl in this day in England is obliged to bake a cake in the shape of a heart and give to his beloved. The most popular presentations on February 14 in this country are sweets, in the form of hearts.