ature. After Christianity spread, some think this pagan festival eventually become St. Valentines Day.
Other experts contect Valentines Day with Two saints of the early Christian Church. According to one story, St. Valentine was a priest who would mary young couples against the orders of the Roman Emperor Claudius II, who believed that single young men made better soldiers. This story goes back to about A. D. 200.
There was also another St. Valentine who was a good friend to children. Because he would not worship the gods decreed the Roman emperor, he was put in prison. While he was imprisoned, the children missed him & thought him loving notes. He was supposedly executed on February 14 A. D. 270. Some people think this is why we exchange friendly & caring messages on this day.
Other believe that the world "valentine" came from a Norman world "galantine" , which means "a gallant" or a "lover". Some people connect the celebrating of Valentines Day with an old English belief that birds choose their on February 14.
- There are a lot of traditions, customs & games on St. Valentines Day. The custom of sending valentine cards started in the middle ages. - Written valentines began about 1400. The oldest one we know was made in 1415.
A Frenchman, Charles, of Orleans, was captured by the English in a battle. He was put in prison in the Tower of London. There he wrote valentine poems. Many of them were saved & can be seen today in the British museum.
По этому материалу в конце вечера можно провести викторину среди зрителей:
1. Когда возник праздник День Святого Валентина?
2. В каком году появились первые "валентинки?" и т. д.
- My Valentine
by Mary Catherine Parsons. <
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