🗊Презентация St. Valentine's Day

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Valentine’s Day St. Valentine's Day — a holiday which is celebrated on February 14 in many countries of the world. One of two early Christian martyrs with a name Valentin — Valentin Interamnsk and Valentin Rimsky is presumably called by name. Celebrating this holiday give to favourite and dear people flowers, candies, toys, balloons and special cards (it is frequent in the form of a heart), with verses, love recognitions or wishes of love — Valentine's Day cards.

The history of the holiday Origins St. Valentine's Day exists more 15th centuries, but by pagan traditions holidays of "Love" enjoyed popularity in antique times. So, in Ancient Rome on February 15 every year celebrated an abundance holiday — Luperkaly — in honor of god Favn (Luperk — one of his nicknames), the patron of herds. And a day before Luperkaly the holiday of the Roman goddess of marriage, motherhood and women Juno and god Pan. This day girls wrote love letters which placed in a huge ballot box, and then men pulled letters. Then each man began to look after that girl whose love letter he has pulled out. Data have remained that this day was designated also "A bird's wedding" as was considered that birds form marriage couples in the second week of the second month of year.

Our days Germany In Germany Valentin is considered the patron saint not of lovers, and mentally sick. In honor of a holiday Germans decorate psychiatric clinics with scarlet tapes, in chapels hold a special church service. Poland In Poland on February 14 visit the Poznan metropolitanate. There, on a belief, Saint Valentin's relics are also based, there is his wonder-working icon. Poles believe that this pilgrimage will help them with love affairs. Wales Wales is nice for so-called "spoons of love". The matter is that before a holiday lovers cut out from a spoon tree, decorate them with hearts, keys, castle cracks and solemnly give each other. Such gift in literal sense means: "You have found a way to my heart". Holland In Holland this day it isn't considered shameful if the woman of the first approaches the man and will politely tell him: "Marry me!". If the man doesn't estimate this high gesture, he can expostulate on himself as he has to present to the lady a dress now, and, mainly silk. Франция Except cards hearts in France can give linen, candies, chocolate mousses, romantic travel, the sausage cut by hearts, "happy" lottery tickets, pink yogurts, artificial flowers. Англия Residents of England congratulate not only favourite people, but also favourite pets — dogs, horses. For February 14 in Great Britain sweets in the form of hearts, soft toys, especially favourite bear cubs of Teddy in Britain, and, of course, invariable cards Valentine's Day cards are considered as popular gifts.

Despite some distinctions of celebration of St. Valentine's Day, there are main traditions: to give gifts, during a holiday to be together with the favourite halves. It is also accepted to give to the darlings Valentine's Day cards. Now we will understand what is Valentine's Day cards.

Interesting facts The first gift the Valentine's Day card was sent by the Duke Orleans to the wife. More than 50 million roses are on sale every year for St. Valentine's Day around the world. The St. Valentine's Day in Iran and Saudi Arabia is forbidden, on disobeyed heavy fines are imposed. On St. Valentine's Day of sale of chocolate and candies reach the profit of 1011 billion dollars. Every year about 1000 letters come to St. Valentine's Day to Verona where there lived Romeo and Juliette of Shakespeare, addressed to Juliette. In Western Europe St. Valentine's Day began to be celebrated widely since the 13th century. In the USA 9 million people buy gifts for the pets for St. Valentine's Day as they are more grateful than people! At Japanese St. Valentine's Day became a men's holiday. This day a strong half is filled up with gifts and congratulations. In a month Japanese celebrate White day during which women become objects of attention and adoration.