ENGLISH `S WORK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF VALENTINE´S DAY

    Valentine's Day  February 14th

ENGLISH´S WORK WITH HIGH SCHOOL,WAS REALIZED READING AND EXPLANATION ABOUT THE VALENTINE´S DAY, THE DIFFRENCE BETWEEN VALENTINE´S DAY AND "DIA DOS NAMORADOS' IN BRAZIL, AFTER THAT, THE STUDENTS WROTE CARDS, FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN LOVE ,FRIENDS, PARENTS AND SO ON.

Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. Originating as a Westwerm Christiam feast dayhonoring one or two early saints named Valentinus Valentine's Day is recognized as a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and romantic love in many regions around the world, although it is not a public holiday in any country.

 Although there were several Christian martyrs named Valentine, the day may have taken its name from a priest who was marivred about 270 ce by the emperor Claudius II Gothicus. According to legend, the priest signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his jailer’s daughter, whom he had befriended and, by some accounts, healed from blindness. Other accounts hold that it was St. Valentine of Terni, a bishop, for whom the holiday was named, though it is possible the two saints were actually one person. Another common legend states that St. Valentine defied the emperor’s orders and secretly married couples to spare the husbands from war. It is for this reason that his feast day is associated with love.

Formal messages, or valentines, appeared in the 1500s, and by the late 1700s commercially printed cards were being used. The first commercial valentines in the United States were printed in the mid-1800s. Valentines commonly depict Cupid, the Roman god of love, along with hearts, traditionally the seat of emotion. Because it was thought that the avian mating season begins in mid-February, birds also became a symbol of the day. Traditional gifts include candy and flowers, particularly red roses, a symbol of beauty and love.

 

A FAMÍLIA ROQUE BASTOS relembra os seus alunos a importância e valorização da Língua Inglesa, na vida moderna globalizada.