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Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is a special day for lovers which are celebrated once in a year with flowers, chocolates and gifts to express love.
The story behind Valentine is known to everyone and how much it is important for all.
Let us have a look on choosing gifts for special ones to make them happy and to know more about this day.
Valentine’s Day Facts
Two days are biggest which are celebrated with joy that is Mother’s day and Valentine’s Day. Flowers are given to each other on these days. Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine. Valentines’ day have another name in Finland that is Ystävänpäivä which really means “Friend’s day.” In Slovenia a proverb is very much famous “St Valentine brings the keys of roots”, so on 14th Feb flowers starts to grow.
In Korea singles go to restaurants to mourn for being single and eat noodles if they do not get gifts.
Valentine Flowers/Roses
According to estimation 73% of men buy flowers while 27% of women take flowers on Valentines Day.
Red rose is considered the flower of love because it holds strong feelings of love. And it was the favorite flower of the Roman goddess of love, Venus.
Love Letters and Poems
About 1000 letters are sent every year to Juliet on the place where they both lived. Verona is the city of Italy. The oldest existing love poem is written in a clay tablet from the times of the Sumerians, inventors of writing, around 3500 B.C.
Cupid
Cupid is a sign of Valentine’s Day. Cupid was connected with Valentine’s Day because he was the son of Venus. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards and gift tokens holding a bow and arrows as it is believed that it is the magic to stimulate love.
Valentine Cards
After Christmas Valentine’s Day is the biggest occasion on which 1 billion cards are sent across the world.
Most cards are received by teachers from students, mothers, friends, wives and then from the sweetheart. It is estimated that children of age 6 to 10 gives more than 650 million cards to teachers, fellows and etc.
Wear your Heart on your Sleeve
In the middle Ages there was a tradition of wearing the name of your loved ones on your sleeve with pin on your sleeve. It was basically done to show the feelings to others.
The Valentine Heart
- The sign of heart is represented to express more love and affection. The heart is drawn with great love for only someone special.
- From decades heart has been the sign of love. The heart is linked with love because it is linked with human’s feelings. And the red color gives it a romantic tone.
A love knot is a symbol of endless love, as its twisting loops have no beginnings or ends. In olden times, they were made of ribbon or drawn on paper to prove ones everlasting love.
Birds
- Lovebirds also represent love for sweetheart. These birds are found in Africa having bright color and they sit close to each other.
- Doves are also part of the Valentine occasion. These birds are symbols of love and loyalty because they mate for life.
- In olden times some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying on the Valentine’s Day, it means she would marry a sailor and if she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy. And in case of goldfinch she would be married with a millionaire.
Valentine Gifts
- On Valentines Day wooden love spoons were engraved and given as gifts in Wales. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favorite Valentine decorations on the wooden spoons. This Valentine decoration meant, “You unlock my heart!”
- The most beautiful and unbelievable gift of love is the tombstone Taj Mahal build by Mughal Emperor Shaha Jahan for his wife in India. Work on the Taj Mahal began in 1634 and continued for 22 years and the labor of 20,000 workers from all over India and Central Asia.
- In America, the pilgrims used to send confections, such as sugar wafers, marzipan, sweetmeats and sugar plums, to their engaged. After the late 1800′s, beet sugar became extensively used and sweet gifts continued to be cherished and enjoyed.
- In Early ages mostly sweets were distributed in a heart shaped box.
