By: Mike Williams
Valentine Noun
Val-en-tine | \ ‘ va -lën-tin l
In Rome in the year 268, Emperor claudius II wanted a fierce team of young men to fight in his armies. He found that when young men are in love or sharing their lives with a. Wife and children, they tended to be more cautious
To ensure large number of soldiers for his armies , claudius outlawed marriage for those young men
Clausius may have outlawed love,but he could not stop it. Young men and women still fell on love and wanted to Become couples in the eyes of the church. A brave and obviously romantic priest name Valentine thought the law was horribly unjust
Putting his life in danger, Valentine continued performing marriage ceremonies in secret.
Still words of Valentine’s secret ceremonies made it way back to Claudius. The priest was found and executed on February 14th
Centuries later, the Catholic Church made that kindly priest a saint, one of three saints named ‘Valentine’
No one knows exactly when st. Valentine’s Day was first celebrated but there’s a poem in existence considered to be the “First ever written Valentine’s Day Card”. It was sent from a prisoner in The Tower of London to his wife in the year 1415:
My very gentle Valentine
Since for me you were born too soon
And I for you was born too late
God forgive him who has estranged me from you for the whole year
I am already sick of love
My very gentle Valentine
Today Valentine’s Death and the tradition of love that he created is celebrated world wide by people of all religions
*Colour of Valentine’s Day*
√Red: which stand for love
√White: Which stand for purity
*Reasons Valentine’s Day Can be said to be Dangerous*
- Valentine’s Day can be incredibly expensive holiday to celebrate: Buying of expensive gifts and dining in expensive restaurant requires alot of money and this might harm your relationship
- Valentine’s Day holiday usually end up with many disasters i.e Heart break, unwanted pregnancy, Rape,Regret, loss of Virginity/ dignity, and death.
- Valentine’s Day leaves people in relationships with impossible expectations
- Valentine’s Day leaves singles out as it seems strictly for lovers, for those already taken. According to CNN , 47.3% of the population in the US in 2016 who were 18 and above were single, divorced,widowed,seperated it never married or around 115.78 million people . It’s actually a very wasteful holiday
- Valentine’s Day holiday has a dark origin: Valentine’s day actually originated from a couple of pretty grim stories. According to NPR, initially, mid February was when the Roman fertility festival of Lupercalia was held where men sacrificed a goat and a Dog and repeatedly whipped Women with the hides of the dead animals in the hopes of increasing the women’s Fertility
- Valentine’s Day encourages. Comparison which isn’t good for anyone: As pictures of couples flood the social media pages on Valentine’s Day, it can be easy to question your own relationship which can be destructive and misleading
- High expectation of a perfect night which hardly come.
*Valentine’s Week*
√Rose day. – 7th February
√propose Day. -8th February
√chocolate Day. -9th February
√Teddy Day. -10th February
√Promise Day. -11th February
√Kiss Day. -12th February
√Hug Day. -13th February
√Val’s Day. – 14th February
*Valentine’s Day Gifts*
✓Greeting Card for Boyfriend
✓Gift Hamper for Girlfriend
✓Chocolate&flowers for Fiancee
✓Home Decoration for Fiance
✓Soft Toys& jewelry for Wife
✓Mugs& sippers for Husband
*Symbol of Valentine’s Day*
A naked Cupid shooting love arrows on unsuspected lovers
*Misconception about Valentine’s Day*
°Val’s Day is the day for first sexual experience
°Val’s Day is the day to have or go on a date
°Val’s Day is the day of Lust
°Val’s Day is the day to skip school
°Val’s Day is the day to say ‘I love you’ and reply ‘I love you too’
°Val’s Day is the day for the youths and the single to mingle
°Val’s Day is the day to spend the night in your boyfriend’s house
°Val’s Day is the day to do the wildest things you have never done, break your moral code and throw caution into the wind
°Val’s Day is the day to go clubbing and partying
*True Significance of Valentine’s Day*
√Valentine’s Day shows that Love is universal
√Valentine’s Day shows that Love has no limit,barrier or language
√Valentine’s Day shows that Love is Sacrifice
*How to celebrate Valentine’s Day*
✓Celebrate Valentine’s Day with loved ones,i.e family and friends
✓Give gifts to your loved ones and even your enemies
✓Set new resolution to believe in true love and sacrifice for it
*Acronym of V-a-l-e-n-t-i-n-e*
V- Virtually
A- All
L- Lust
E- Ends
N- Nasty but
T- True Love
I- Is
N- Newly
E- Evergreen
Tell everyone in your heart how much they mean to you.
I tell you first, “You mean the world to me”
Love real
Love true
Love safe
Stay loved!
Happy Valentine’s Day!