Why Celebrate Valentine Day
Valentine Day
Valentine's Day is such a festival which is celebrated all over the world. Valentine's Day comes on 14th February and comes with every joy. This Valentine's Day comes to increase happiness. Whoever named Valentine's Day, his name is Saint Valentine's Day. His name was that of that time. Valentine's Day was created in the third century. Valentine's Day was later made as a feast in Rome. Valentine's Day is the most famous European day.
How are Valentines made?
All the couples meet on Valentine's day. On this day, romantic love and everything happens. Everyone celebrates this day with such happiness. Valentine is of red colour. Red heart, red balloon and it means that everything is red. Couples come out wearing red colour. Valentine is made in this way and red colour is also eaten. Valentine is from 7 to 14 days. Rose Day, Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Hug Day, Kiss Day, Valentine Day is made in this way. Valentine is like a bond. Relationships are formed in this way and on Valentine's Day, people send messages to their friends who are their life partners, friends, whoever they are, they wish Valentine's Day and couples send each other flowers and cards. Some days, both couples spend time with each other and talk a lot. Such happiness and joy is the only happiness. Some days, they go out for a walk and then everything happens. Some people do not have a girlfriend or boyfriend. They are also sad that they do not have anyone, so they search for someone to make a Valentine with them. In Christian culture, a big feast is organized on Valentine’s Day to commemorate the day of burial of Saint Valentine and to celebrate their love for their land and their martyrdom. Thus, the very reason why Valentine’s Day is celebrated has nothing to do with the love between two lovers. However, owing to popular culture, Valentine’s Day has come to become a day when a man is supposed to express his feelings for a woman and a woman is supposed to do the same. Valentine’s Day is a holiday celebrated every February 14; this year Valentine's Day falls on a Friday. Across the United States and in other places around the world, candy, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine.
The History if Valentine Day
The history of Valentine's Day—and the story of its patron saint—is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. But who was Saint Valentine, and how did he become associated with this ancient rite?
The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred. One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death. Still others insist that it was Saint Valentine of Terni, a bishop, who was the true namesake of the holiday. He, too, was beheaded by Claudius II outside Rome.
Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons, where they were often beaten and tortured. According to one legend, an imprisoned Valentine actually sent the first “valentine” greeting himself after he fell in love with a young girl—possibly his jailor’s daughter—who visited him during his confinement.
Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter signed “From your Valentine,” an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories all emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic and—most importantly—romantic figure. By the Middle Ages, perhaps thanks to this reputation, Valentine would become one of the most popular saints in England and France.
