Valentine's Day

In Japan, Valentines Day and White Day are celebrated differently than in the West. Women give chocolates to men, ad then men reply a month later, giving chocolates to women. Gay couples usually do whatever they want. Some exchange chocolates. Others only give chocolates to their opposite sex co-workers.

Yes, Valentine's Day is celebrated in Italy. One translation of that day into Italian is 'il giorno della festa degli innamorati', which literally means 'the day of the festival of the lovers'. Additionally, Saint Valentine was buried in the Via Flaminia of Rome, Italy. He also is the patron saint of the Umbrian town of Terni, where a torchlight parade honors his memory each year.

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Lent is observed on the same dates everywhere in the world, even Spain. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday, lasts 40 days not counting Sundays and ends on Holy Saturday, the day before Easter. In 2009, Ash Wednesday will fall on February 25 and Easter will fall on April 12. February

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08 09 10 11 12 13 14 = 6 days, 16 days total.

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22 23 24 25 26 27 28 = 6 days, 28 days total.

29 30 31 01 02 03 04 = 6 days, 34 days total.

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 = 6 days, 40 days total.

12 Easter If you give something up for Lent then you do not have to give it up on Sundays. But if you are giving up something constructive like sarcasm, then please keep it up even on Sundays and after Lent is over.

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Yes, Valentine's Day is celebrated throughout all Christian places (or even non-Christian places) in the world as it is a Christian Holiday; South America is mostly Christian and yes, the holiday is celebrated throughout the continent. Some countries, such as Brazil, however celebrate a similar holiday but on a different day of the year other than February 14.

Valentine's Day is celebrated in Asia, or more specifically Japan and Korea, as a day on which women, and less commonly men, give candy, chocolate or flowers to people they like. Those who work in offices end up giving chocolates to all their male co-workers. This chocolate is known as giri-choko in Japan, from the words giri ("obligation) and choko, a common short version of chokor累 meaning "chocolate". This contrasts with honmei-choko, which is given to a person someone loves or has a strong relationship with. Friends, especially girls, exchange chocolate that is referred to as tomo-choko tomo means "friend" in Japanese. White Day has emerged. On March 14, men are expected to return the favour to their true love with chocolates on Valentine's Day, but it was originally white chocolate or marshmallows; hence "White Day". Some Asian men have taken it further and lingerie has become a common gift. In Korea, there is an additional Black Day on April 14, and receive nothing from their true loves so the men sit around on Valentine's Day and eat Jajangmyun (Chinese-style noodles in black sauce). In South Korea, there is also Pepero Day, celebrated on November 11, during which young couples give each other romantic gifts. When it all comes out in the wash once again the Asian women get the worst of it. They not only have to buy for their lover, but also for all the men in the office where she works (at her own cost) and it can be extremely expensive, while the men only have to buy for his one true love.

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you have to be his friend, talk to him, be his friends friend, and he will look for you ant talk to you, and he will ask you out if he likes you... but if he dont just look for anoter one... good luck!

Like so many Christian holidays, Valentine's Day has pagan origins. The Romans would hold a love lottery in which young men would draw an eligible woman's name and court her for the coming year, trusting that it was the will of the god of love. Later, when Rome became Christian, the Church substituted St. Valentine for the god of love and in the lottery people drew the names of saints whom they would they try to emulate for the coming year. Of course, this wasn't nearly as much fun as the old love lottery so the festival reverted to its former status as a day for lovers. St. Valentine was a Christian priest who performed marriages of soldiers in defiance of an imperial edict (the emperor didn't want his troops saddled with wives and kids for fear it would distract them from the business of warfare.)

Valentine's Day is not a traditionally celebrated holiday in Vietnam. As such, there is no direct translation for the word Valentine. Happy is translated as 'hanh phuc'; Day is translated as 'ngay'. To directly translate the full phrase "Happy Valentine's Day" is "ngay hanh phuc Valentine". For the Vietnamese familiar with that celebratory day they will most likely say happy Valentine's day in English.

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The Valentine in The United States was brought by the Italians. Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14 every year.

Feasted. They would even eat until they threw up. Once the have to vomit they go into a special room and vomit and come back out and eat more. They would do that 7-9 times in one night.
yes they did when the roman emperor became a Christian he replaced the old pegan holidays with "Christain'' holidays so the date that the emperor set to celebrate Christmas on was oreganally a pagan holiday yes they did when the roman emperor became a Christian he replaced the old pegan holidays with "Christain'' holidays so the date that the emperor set to celebrate Christmas on was oreganally a pagan holiday

The first valentine was sent from St. Valentine himself in 270 AD. He had made friends with the daughter of his jailer during his imprisonment, and on the night before he was executed, he sent her a letter of friendship, signing it "from your Valentine."

The emperor Diocletian issued the Edict of Maximum Prices in 310.

The price cap on most goods and services was based on the assumption that inflation was caused by the greed of merchants. This measure was short lived. The price levels were empire-wide and ignored regional variations in costs. They were poorly enforced and they were resisted. Goods were sold in the back market. Diocletian had to abandon this measure.

It wasn't until 1537 that St. Valentine's Day was declared an official holiday.

"The reason behind all of this is a kindly cleric named Valentine who died more than a thousand years ago.

It is not exactly known why the 14th of February is known as Valentine's Day or if the noble Valentine really had any relation to this day. The history of Valentine's Day is impossible to be obtained from any archive and the veil of centuries gone by has made the origin behind this day more difficult to trace. It is only some legends that are our source for the history of Valentine's Day.

The modern St. Valentine's Day celebrations are said to have been derived from both ancient Christian and Roman tradition. As per one legend, the holiday has originated from the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalis/Lupercalia, a fertility celebration that used to observed annually on February 15. But the rise of Christianity in Europe saw many pagan holidays being renamed for and dedicated to the early Christian martyrs. Lupercalia was no exception. In 496 AD, Pope Gelasius turned Lupercalia into a Christian feast day and set its observance a day earlier, on February 14. He proclaimed February 14 to be the feast day in honour of Saint Valentine, a Roman martyr who lived in the 3rd century. It is this St. Valentine whom the modern Valentine's Day honours.

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, there were at least three early Christian saints by the name of Valentine. While one was a priest in Rome, another was a bishop in Terni. Nothing is known about the third St. Valentine except that he met his end in Africa. Surprisingly, all three of them were said to have been martyred on 14th February.

It is clear that Pope Gelasius intended to honor the first of these three aforementioned men. Most scholars believe that this St. Valentine was a priest who lived around 270 AD in Rome and attracted the disfavor of Roman emperor Claudius II who ruled during this time.

The story of St. Valentine has two different versions - the Protestant and the Catholic one. Both versions agree upon Saint Valentine being a bishop who held secret marriage ceremonies of soldiers in opposition to Claudius II who had prohibited marriage for young men and was executed by the latter. During the lifetime of Valentine, the golden era of Roman empire had almost come to an end. Lack of quality administrators led to frequent civil strife. Education declined, taxation increased and trade witnessed a very bad time. The Roman empire faced crisis from all sides, from the Gauls, Slavs, Huns, Turks and Mongolians from Northern Europe and Asia. The empire had grown too large to be shielded from external aggression and internal chaos with existing forces. Naturally, more and more capable men were required to to be recruited as soldiers and officers to protect the nation from takeover. When Claudius became the emperor, he felt that married men were more emotionally attached to their families, and thus, will not make good soldiers. He believed that marriage made the men weak. So he issued an edict forbidding marriage to assure quality soldiers.

The ban on marriage was a great shock for the Romans. But they dared not voice their protest against the mighty emperor. The kindly bishop Valentine also realized the injustice of the decree. He saw the trauma of young lovers who gave up all hopes of being united in marriage. He planned to counter the monarch's orders in secrecy. Whenever lovers thought of marrying, they went to Valentine who met them afterwards in a secret place, and joined them in the sacrament of matrimony. And thus he secretly performed many marriages for young lovers. But such things cannot remain hidden for long. It was only a matter of time before Claudius came to know of this "friend of lovers," and had him arrested.

While awaiting his sentence in prison, Valentine was approached by his jailor, Asterius. It was said that Valentine had some saintly abilities and one of them granted him the power to heal people. Asterius had a blind daughter and knowing of the miraculous powers of Valentine he requested the latter to restore the sight of his blind daughter. The Catholic legend has it that Valentine did this through the vehicle of his strong faith, a phenomenon refuted by the Protestant version which agrees otherwise with the Catholic one. Whatever the fact, it appears that Valentine in some way did succeed to help Asterius' blind daughter.

When Claudius II met Valentine, he was said to have been impressed by the dignity and conviction of the latter. However, Valentine refused to agree with the emperor regarding the ban on marriage. It is also said that the emperor tried to convert Valentine to the Roman gods but was unsuccesful in his efforts. Valentine refused to recognize Roman Gods and even attempted to convert the emperor, knowing the consequences fully. This angered Claudius II who gave the order of execution of Valentine.

Meanwhile, a deep friendship had been formed between Valentine and Asterius' daughter. It caused great grief to the young girl to hear of his friend's imminent death. It is said that just before his execution, Valentine asked for a pen and paper from his jailor, and signed a farewell message to her "From Your Valentine," a phrase that lived ever after. As per another legend, Valentine fell in love with the daughter of his jailer during his imprisonment. However, this legend is not given much importance by historians. The most plausible story surrounding St. Valentine is one not centred on Eros (passionate love) but on agape (Christian love): he was martyred for refusing to renounce his religion. Valentine is believed to have been executed on February 14, 270 AD.

Thus 14th February became a day for all lovers and Valentine became its Patron Saint. It began to be annually observed by young Romans who offered handwritten greetings of affection, known as Valentines, on this day to the women they admired. With the coming of Christianity, the day came to be known as St. Valentine's Day.

But it was only during the 14th century that St. Valentine's Day became definitively associated with love. UCLA medieval scholar Henry Ansgar Kelly, author of "Chaucer and the Cult of Saint Valentine", credits Chaucer as the one who first linked St. Valentine's Day with romance. In medieval France and England it was believed that birds mated on February 14. Hence, Chaucer used the image of birds as the symbol of lovers in poems dedicated to the day. In Chaucer's "The Parliament of Fowls," the royal engagement, the mating season of birds, and St. Valentine's Day are related:

"For this was on St. Valentine's Day, When every fowl cometh there to choose his mate."

By the Middle Ages, Valentine became as popular as to become one of the most popular saints in England and France. Despite attempts by the Christian church to sanctify the holiday, the association of Valentine's Day with romance and courtship continued through the Middle Ages. The holiday evolved over the centuries. By the 18th century, gift-giving and exchanging hand-made cards on Valentine's Day had become common in England. Hand-made valentine cards made of lace, ribbons, and featuring cupids and hearts began to be created on this day and handed over to the man or woman one loved. This tradition eventually spread to the American colonies. It was not until the 1840s that Valentine's Day greeting cards began to be commercially produced in the U.S. The first American Valentine's Day greeting cards were created by Esther A. Howlanda Mount Holyoke, a graduate and native of Worcester. Mass. Howland, known as the Mother of the Valentine, made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as "scrap". It was when Howland began Valentine's cards in a large scale that the tradition really caught on in the United States.

Today, Valentine's Day is one of the major holidays in the U.S. and has become a booming commercial success. According to the Greeting Card Association, 25% of all cards sent each year are "valentine"s. The "valentines", as Valentine's Day cards are better known as, are often designed with hearts to symbolize love. The Valentine's Day card spread with Christianity, and is now celebrated all over the world. One of the earliest valentines was sent in 1415 AD by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife during his imprisonment in the Tower of London. The card is now preserved in the British Museum.

There may be doubts regarding the actual identity of Valentine, but we know that he really existed because archaeologists have recently unearthed a Roman catacomb and an ancient church dedicated to a Saint Valentine." respectfully copied and pasted from www.theholidayspot.com

Spain celebrates Valentine's Day on February 14.

You have it backwards. Valentine's Day is named after Saint Valentine of Rome and February 14 is his feast day.

In 2003, Valentine's Day was on a Friday, and in 2004 it was on a Saturday. (from a perpetual calendar)

Many people around the world celebrate Valentine's Day, though not all consider it to be a holiday.

Yes, Valentine was correct. The law was unjust and in conflict with natural law and God's law.

Men buy more flowers on Valentines.