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By STEVE RAMZI

We celebrate Valentine's Day every Feb, 14. We buy flowers, chocolates and cards for loved ones, people consider this day for romance.

The greedy people use it as a month of profit, to sell pro-- ducts. Actually. Valentine’s is for everyone, young or old, for those who are in hospital, those in love, for all the family.

Many stories are told about

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Valentine's Day, The most well

. known is, the name orginated -

from an Italian here who was

tortured and killed by the | Roman Emperor *Clodyas' .

Clodyos beheaded the-hero in

Rome .on ‘the 14 day of .

February, 296 AD.

That hero was loved by the .

Italian people. To the poor and the farmers he was like Robin

Hood, and his name was

‘Valentino’, Valentino was a

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_ This day is not considered a religious holiday or state holi- day, but it is considered a social

do with it’, as Tina Turner said. No one knows exactly why lovers take this day to be special! Some people say: that Valentine's Day is a continuous habit and old celebration.

‘In Rome they used to call it. it) was’

, ‘*Lupercalia’’ . and celebrated on the 15 day of

February; the Romans used to.

celebrate one of their gods call- ed Lupercus — God of protec- tion from wolves.

Some say that the tradition of sending love letters and flowers

on the 14 day of February came .

from another Roman celebra- tion, Juno.

Juno was the name of a beautiful Roman Goddess; she was young, beautiful and loved flowers and dance, The young men use to choose young ladies to dance with after they col- lected wild flowers for them.

If the lady took the flowers from the young man this would -mean she accepted his invitation .to- dance on the 14 day of February and if they fell in love -and decided to get married they

would do so on the 14 of

February.

- No one knows how Valen- tine’s Day moved to Europe and North America, some. say by

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Christian and the ‘ehulitan 7 community put this day aside in *

holiday. ‘But, what's. love got to

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merchants, sailors, travelers and missionaries, But England celebrated about 500 years ago,: then Scotland, then France,

The young men choose ladies iE

the day before February 14, for the big party, sport and dance.

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