Valentines Day or St Valentines Day is the day when people show their affection for another person or people by sending anonymous cards, flowers or chocolates with messages of love.There are a few theories as to who Valentine was. The most popular was a priest from Rome in the 3rd Century. The then Emperor had banned marriages, suppposing that unmarried men made better soldiers. Valentine argued with this and continued to carry out wedding ceremonies in secret. The Emperor found out and threw him in jail. Valentine fell in love with his jailer's blind daughter and on the day he was killed, February 14, he sent a letter to his love, signed From your Valentine. This was the first Valentine.It is also believed to have Pagan origins, to do with Fertility celebrated in the middle of February. Boys would draw girls names from a box, and these would be boy and girl friend for the festival and sometimes married after. The Christian church when taking over the Pagan rituals decided to claim it and use it to remember the death of St Valentine.Cupid became the mascot for Valentines Day as the son of the Roman god Venus the god of Love and Beauty.
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