2. SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY
GENERAL INFORMATION
• celebrated on 14th of February;
• traditional day for lovers in many countries;
• many people give cards; letters; flowers;
chocolate or presents to their spouse or partner.
3. SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY
HISTORY
• old Roman celebration on 15th of February;
• Lupercus: god of crops and fertility;
• Unmarried people played a game;
STORY1: LUPERCALIA
• Women put their names on a paper in a big jar;
• Each men drew a paper and spend the festival dancing
with the woman he picked.
4. SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY
HISTORY
• in the 3rd century A.D. the Roman EmperorClaudius II forbade marriages;
• Valentine was a Christian priestthat performed marriages in secret;
• for this reason he was caught and imprisoned;
STORY2: SAINT VALENTIN
• while in prison he fell in love with the jailer’s blind daughter;
• with his abilities he cured her blindness;
• before dying he sent her a letter signed‘From your Valentine’;
• he died on 14th February.
5. SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY
SYMBOLS
• cupid- symbol of love & desire
(Roman god of love, son of Venus)
• heart- symbol of love & passion
(the shape comes from the silphium plant’s,
used in ancient times as a contraceptive)
Silphium plant’s
cupid
6. SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY
VOCABULARY
• to have a crush
• to be shut through the heart
• to be nuts about somebody
• to fell head over heels for
• love at first sight
• to grow old with somebody
• to get struck by cupid’s arrow
• to be broken hearted
7. SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY
HOW POPULAR THIS DAY IS IN THE UK
• PLACE & AGE • GIFT
13
25
38
50
18-30 30-60 60-
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38
%
31
%
14
%
13
%
4%
CHOCOLATE
FLOWER
CARD
LETTER
OTHER
8. SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY
SPECIAL PROGRAM IN VALENTINE’S
• Wedding • First dating
• Club dancing • Crying for breaking up
9. SAINT VALENTINE’S DAY
COUNTRIES ARE IN THE SAME
WAY TO CELEBRATE THIS SPECIAL DAY
• UK
• France
• Japan
• Finland
• Arabia
• Spain
• Latin America
• Portugal
• Greece
• China
