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Friday, February 26, 2010

Valentine Day

According to Wikipedia, Valentines Day is is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companion, but i've always wondered why we celebrate the holiday and who is exactly is Saint Valentines what was was he famous for? Well, once again, according to Wikipedia, many early christians were named Valentine. Valentines Day is celebrated on February 14 because that is the day that everyone would celebrate the "Valentines." In the nineteenth century, sending other people Valentines was a fashion. Valentines Day is celebrated differently all over the world. In Europe the traditional candies and goodies are given out, but a man named "Jack" Valentine knocks out the rear door of the house and leaves the goodies. In Mexico, Valentines Day is known as "The Day of Love and Friendship". In Mexico, it is common to see people doing what Americans do, it is also common to see people doing acts of appreciation for their friends. In Asia, women give chocolate candy to men and men give non-chocolate candy to women. In the Middle East, the selling of any Valentine's Day items is forbidden because it is a religious holiday. Even if the celebrations are different in different areas of the world, no matter where in the world you may be, February 14 is known for something.

2 comments:

  1. wow,your topic was very informative. I learned alot from it and you remembered to credit your source.

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  2. In Brazil, Valentine's Day is very comemorated too.
    Well, like you said on the post the most important thing is that at least fev14 is remembered for something.!

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