The origins of Valentine's Day

Every year, celebrated on February 14th is a day for love, promises of exchange of gifts, eternal passion, and more. Spring poems inspired by his love and admiration for women inspired by her dreams, while others only go to a store and buy commercially available verses.

Valentines means candy, chocolates, perfume, red hearts, balloons and more. Have you ever wondered whether the first celebration created? Well in ancient Rome, announced in February, with the arrival of spring is a time forRejuvenation, fertility and growth.

In ancient times the Romans celebrated a festival in February to the god of fertility who wanted to honor God's children, and ensured a harvest. In Rome, February 15 was celebrated as the feast of Lupercalla and February 14, a celebration to honor Juno, the queen of Roman gods and goddesses. On the eve of Lupercalla a glass to the brim with sheets on which the names of all eligible girls were crammed in the middle. Then he draws young men,a chit from all the windows and the girl, whose name was on notice of its partners for the celebration would be. This was a method by which the ancient Romans eligible boys and girls introduced each other.

Much later in the third century BC, when Emperor Claudius II ruled Rome there was a priest named Valentine. Claudius and marry a decree adopted when young people in his kingdom was not Valentino challenged him and used to consecrate marriages secretly. And 'sentencedThe death and thrown into prison. Awaiting his execution, Valentine wrote a love letter to her and signed "from your Valentine". After his death was announced in a martyrs and saints, and Valentin was popularly known as Valentine's Day.

Wonderful woven legends around Valentine's Day. Young Wales as gifts exchanged holes in the wooden spoons were carved decorations of the key by hand and heart. The decorations give "the key to unlock my heart or my heart." InThe women were given gifts in other places when they adopted the clothes and then give the gift that they want to make a gift to marry the man who sent him.

In 1415, Charles, Duke of Orleans is known to have written from his prison in the Tower of London, which were as' poetical amorous addresses "to his wife, known in France, according to him, is one of his first Valentines creator.

Just as companies like Hallmark to sell cards for Valentine's Day in the 15thCentury, people bought small booklet with poems in them --- their own valentines with to express their thoughts. For example, a Valentine could hand-drawn illustration of a knight and his lady love God with Cupid shooting arrows are in the heart of the rider.
In the United States after 1723, has been the growing popularity of the celebration. People have imported the "books of verse" all the way from England and copied the verses on securities gold edge. Then a woman foreignHoward decided in 1830 to be original and create, which were marketed as an American Valentines Valentines Worcester.

Centuries, with changing tastes and the party has taken since then new colors opportunities with young men and women, children and elderly couples to celebrate creation, and declare their eternal love.