Valentines Day Origins

Philippines
February 14, 2018 10:11am CST
Probably you are one of the millions who are celebrating Valentines day on February 14, do you know how the celebration of valentines day started.For most people it's a celebration of love and a day to show your love through giving flowers, chocolates, gifts and dating. The origin of valentines day is far from that.It is to commemorate the date or burial of St Valentine, a christian saint who was murdered depending for love.Some theories also believe that it started as a pagan celebration for fertility.For more information, you can visit this link: Do you celebrate Valentines day.How are you celebrating it?
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Thelma
@thelme55 (76476)
• Germany
18 Feb 18
No, we don´t celebrate Valentine´s Day but a few days before, I made a heart dessert for my blog to write about how I did it.
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Alfredo Rossi
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
14 Feb 18
I know enough about the history there.Thank you.
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