Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th. It originated from both a Roman fertility festival called Lupercalia, where names were drawn to pair unmarried people, and from Saint Valentine, a priest who secretly married couples against the Roman emperor's orders and was imprisoned and killed on February 14th. Common Valentine's Day symbols include Cupid representing love and desire, and hearts representing passion which originated from an ancient contraceptive plant. The document provides background information on the history and traditions associated with Valentine's Day.

1. Valentine’s Day

2. 1. General Information
2. History
3. Symbols
4. Vocabulary
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3. 1. General Information
Valentine’s Day is :
• 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.

4. 2. History
Story no. 1 : Lupercalia
• old Roman celebration
• on 15th of February
• Lupercus: god of crops and fertility

5. • Unmarried people played a game
• 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

6. Story no. 2 : Saint Valentin
• in the 3rd century A.D. the Roman Emperor
Claudius II forbade marriages
• Valentine was a Christian priest
that performed marriages in secret
• for this reason he was caught and imprisoned

7. • 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 February 14th

8. 3.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)

9. 4.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

10. Happy Valentine’s Day !