Importance Of Valentine's Day

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“Love is in the air” — It signifies that love is out and about as if people were just letting out love with their breaths. When love is in the air, it explains that people believe it is more probable that they will find love or be loved.
Valentine’day is notable for an ‘exceedingly romantic day of the year’. And most of us utilize it as a lucky chance to display affection for our loved ones with greeting cards, flowers or chocolates.
If you question most of the people, they would answer that they do not trust in Valentine’s Day as everyday can be a valentine’s day and you do not need a day to celebrate this gorgeous thing called love.But, then in this engaged, competitive and contemptuous world, who gets the time
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How Valentine’s Day begun
Valentine's Day, also known as Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is an annual break commended on February 14. It began as a Western Christian liturgical feast day admiring one or more early saints named Valentinus and is recognized as a vital cultural and commercial celebration in many regions around the world, despite the fact that it is not a public holiday in any country.
Some consider that Valentine's Day is observed mid-February to value the commemoration of St Valentine's death.It's believed to have occurred in the midst of February around 270 AD.Whereas others claim that the Christian church determined to associate St Valentine's feast day on this day of the year in an attempt to 'Christianise' the paganism festival of Lupercalia.
Later on to these martyrologies, various martyrdom stories correlated with the different Valentines that were linked to February 14 were added along with famous Saint Valentine of Rome which recorded as he was confined for carrying out weddings for soldiers who were prohibited to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were harassed under the Roman Empire.Also there is a myth that, during his imprisonment, Saint Valentine cured the daughter of his jailer, and before his execution, he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a
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In Europe, Saint Valentine's Keys are gifted to lovers "as a romantic symbol and an invitation to unlock the giver’s heart", as well as to kids so as to avert epilepsy (called Saint Valentine's Malady).Today the symbols which resemble Valentine's Day consist of the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have influenced to manufacture the greeting cards in

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