Valentine’s Day Valentine’s Day

1. General Information

2. History

3. Symbols

4. Vocabulary

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1. General Information1. 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.

2. History 2. History

Story no. 1 : Lupercalia

•old Roman celebration

•on 15th of February

•Lupercus: god of crops and fertility

• 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

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

• 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

3.Symbols3.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)

4.Vocabulary4.Vocabulary

• to have a crush • to be shot 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

Happy Valentine’s Day !Happy Valentine’s Day !