HISTORY OF VALENTINES DAY FEB 14TH,,WE CELABREATE VALENTINE,S DAY BY GIVING CARDS,CANDY, FLOWERS,A NIGHT OUT FOR DINNER TO THOSE WE LOVE.WE DO THIS IN HONOR TO SAINT VALENTINES..YOU ASK WHO IS ST.VALENTINES ????? LEGEND HAS IT THAT VALENTINES WAS A PRIEST WHO SERVED DURING THIRD CENTURY ROME.THERE WAS AN EMPEROR AT THAT TIME BY THE NAME CLAUDIUS 11. CLAUDIUS 11 DECIDED THAT SINGLE MEN MADE BETTER SOLDIERS THAN THEM THAT WERE MARRIED.WITH THAT IN MIND HE OUTLAWED MARRIAGE FOR YOUNG MEN IN HOPES OF BUILDING A STRONGER MILITARY BASE,,, (SUPPOSEDLY ),,VALENTINE,DECIDED THIS DECREE JUST WASN,T FAIR AND CHOSE TO MARRY YOUNG COUPLES SECRETLY.WHEN CLAUDIUS 11 FOUND OUT,,, ( VALENTINE WAS PUT TO DEATH ). ANOTHE LEGEND VALETINE WAS IN PRISON, AND FELL IN LOVE WITH HIS JAILORS DAUGHTER BEFORE HE WAS PUT TO DEATH,,VALENTINE SENT THE FIRST "VALENTINE" HIM SELF WHEN HE WROTE HER A LETTER AND SIGNED IT YOUR VALENTINE. (WORDS STILL USED TO THIS DAY )........ PERHAPS WE'LL NEVER KNOW THE TRUTH BEHIND THE MAN NAMED ST VALENTINE,,BUT THIS MUCH FOR SURE,,,,, FEB HAS BEEN THE MONTH TO CELEBRATE LOVE.DATING BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES,, ( IN FACT ) VALENTINES RANKS SECOND ONLY TO CHRISTMAS IN NUMBER OF GREETING CARDS SENT OUT . |
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