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About Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day - falling each year on February 14 - is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other, often by sending cards, gifts and flowers - most commonly roses, and primarily roses of red varieties.

The name Valentine comes from the Latin word valor, meaning worthy and first became associated with romance, and the giving of flowers and gifts, in the High Middle Ages.

"Valentine's Day" - these two words are enough to stir a rise of excitement in the heart of loved-up man or woman. Love has always been judged as one of the most beautiful things to ever happen to humans and thus, since the time immemorial, learned ones have been trying to capture the beauty of this feeling in one way or another.

The name Valentine comes from the Latin word valor, meaning worthy and first became associated with romance, and the giving of flowers and gifts, in the High Middle Ages around the time when the tradition of courtly love flourished. The first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer.

This was in a poem written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia, in two lines reading, "for this was on seynt Volantynys day, whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make" or put more simply, "to choose his mate".

Throughout history, roses have been a symbol of love and beauty, respect and admiration. The close association between England and the rose stems from the Roman Invasion, when it is believed that the Romans brought with them the white rose - a real comodity in those times.

The national flower of England - the rose - is also the emblem of two English counties; Lancashire and Yorkshire. The white rose of Yorkshire and the red rose of Lancashire gave name to the "War of the Roses" - a war which lasted some 100 years between the two counties.

Valentine's Day only comes once each year, and while love, passion and romance should be a year-round thing, what better excuse to indulge than on Valentine's Day?

Valentine's Day only comes once each year, and while love, passion and romance should be a year-round thing, what better excuse to indulge than on Valentine's Day? A time for showing someone you really care; it's about that special loving connection between two people.

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