St.Valentine’s Day
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St Valentine's Day is the day to express love to anyone you find special and dear. The idea of the holiday is to celebrate love, get love and give love to everyone around us.

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History There is a beautiful legend behind St Valentine's Day. Saint Valentine lived in Rome in the third century AD. At that time the Emperor of Rome was Claudius. He wasn't very popular because he was trying to get more and more people for his army. The men didn't want to go to the army and Claudius thought that it was because they didn't want to leave their wives and children .

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"If they don't get married, they'll join the army," he thought and passed a law which banned marriage. Valentine was a Christian priest who didn't like the new law. He secretly married people who were in love. One night the Emperor's soldiers caught him and put him in prison. Valentine was going to die. Many young people felt sorry for Valentine and visited him in prison. One of them was the daughter of a prison guard. On the day of his execution Valentine wrote a note to her and signed it "Love from your Valentine".

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This was on the14th February 269 AD. Since then the 14th February has been the Day of Love, when people send love letters and presents to each other. They don't sign the cards with their names, but write "Guess Who" or "Your Valentine". At first this was a European tradition, but then it became popular in other countries.

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Valentine's Day in the US А St Valentine's Day is said to have imported to North America in the 19th century by British settlers.

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Valentine's Day in the History of the UK St Valentine's Day had its origin in the popular belief held by people in Great Britain and France during 14th and 15th century that birds begin to mate on February 14. Lovers, therefore found St Valentine's Day an appropriate time to send love letters and gifts to beloved.

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Valentine's Day in Russia It came to Russia too, but a lot of people say, "If you love somebody, you should show it every day, not only one day a year."

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Symbols of St.Valentine Love knot . It represents love that will last forever. It doesn’t have a beginning and an end.

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Symbols of St.Valentine A rose. Remember the meanings of roses! Red Roses - Love and passion Yellow Roses - Friendship White Roses - True love and purity of the mind Pink Roses - Friendship or Sweetheart Black Roses – Farewell