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Saint Valentine's day legends
Title: Saint Valentine's day legends
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 563 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Saint Valentine's day legends
SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY LEGENDS
For many years now we have celebrated Valentine’s Day; many of us not knowing how this romantic holiday came about or who it was named after. Valentine’s Day is a special day that has been set aside in order to pay honorage to love. On the 14th of February, people send flowers, candy or cards as an expression of their love and appreciation to their lovers, friends or
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A similar practice was begun in the fourteenth century. A sweetheart was chosen for a day by lot. This was done to correspond with the belief that the springtime mating between these randomly chosen pair was a forerunner of the modern Valentine’s Day card.
Though we’re not quite sure who Valentine was, but Valentine’s Day is an extra special day to display even more love than usual to those around us.
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