St. Valentine's Day
St. Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14. This is not a public holiday, but most of people like it. Men and women call the day as the lover’s day – the time when we present teddy-bears, candies, flowers, cards and other sweet stuff to each other and even make a declaration of love or propose marriage.
There are a lot of legends that could be a source of the celebration, but one of them is much more romantic and charming than others. Once upon a time one, a bishop Valentine secretly helped to arrange weddings in the period of a ban on marriages of Roman soldiers by the Roman Emperor. As a result, the bishop was caught and executed. Before the execution he sent a romantic postcard to his sweetheart. Now people call these cards as “valentines”. Usually they are red heart-shaped cards with sentimental heartfelt words and verses. Young
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