St Valentine´s Day

St Valentine´s Day is celebrated on February the 14th.

In the USA, about 190 million Valentine´s Day cards are sent each year, not including the hundreds of millions of cards school children exchange.
In many countries people spend money in chocolates, parfum, flowers and other gifts.

The history of St Valentine.

There are different ideas as to where or how the celebration of Valentine's Day began.

Some people think St. Valentine was a priest who served during third century Rome. During that time, there was an Emperor named Claudius II. He decided that single men made better soldiers than those that were married and outlawed marriage for all young men serving in his army. Supposedly, Valentine, decided this decree just wasn't fair and chose to marry young couples secretly.
When Emperor Claudius II found out about Valentine's actions he had him imprisoned, and later put to death. Some stories say that the young couples, who Valentine had married, gave flowers and letters to Valentine when they visited him in the prison.