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Autor: Rosa | Publicado: 2011-06-12T14:19:00-07:00

E.E.Profº&nbsp;José&nbsp;Apparecido&nbsp;MunhozElen&nbsp;Cristina Chaves, n° 07&nbsp;3°3 Ensino MédioValentine's Day♥One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during
the third century in&nbsp;Rome.
When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better
soldiers than those with&nbsp;wives&nbsp;and families, he outlawed marriage
for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers.
Valentine,&nbsp;realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and
continued to&nbsp;perform&nbsp;marriages for&nbsp;young lovers in secret.
When Valentine's actions were&nbsp;discovered, Claudius ordered
that he be&nbsp;put to death.

♥Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for
attempting to help&nbsp;Christians&nbsp;escape harsh Roman prisons
where they were often beaten and tortured.♥According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine'

greeting himself.
While in&nbsp;prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young
girl -- who may have&nbsp;been his jailor's&nbsp;daughter -- who visited
him during his confinement. Before his death, it&nbsp;is alleged that he
wrote&nbsp;her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an
expression that is still in use today.♥While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle
of February to&nbsp;commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death
or burial -- which probably occurred&nbsp;around&nbsp;270 A.D. -- others
claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate
Valentine's&nbsp;feast day in the middle of February in an effort to
'christianize' celebrations&nbsp;of the pagan&nbsp;Lupercalia festival.
In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of
spring and was&nbsp;considered a time for purification. Houses
were ritually cleansed by&nbsp;sweeping them out and then
sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout
their interiors.♥During the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France
and England that February&nbsp;14 was&nbsp;the beginning of birds'
mating season, which added to the idea that the middle
of February --&nbsp;Valentine's Day -- should be a day for romance.
The oldest known&nbsp;valentine still in existence&nbsp;today was a
poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his&nbsp;wife while
he was imprisoned in the&nbsp;Tower of London following his capture
at the Battle&nbsp;of Agincourt. The greeting, which was written
in 1415, is part of the manuscript&nbsp;collection of the British Library
in London, England.♥Celebrations♥In Great Britain, Valentine's Day began to be popularly celebrated
around the&nbsp;seventeenth&nbsp;century. By the middle of the eighteenth
century, it was common for&nbsp;friends and lovers in all social&nbsp;classes
to exchange small tokens of affection or&nbsp;handwritten notes.
By the end of the century,&nbsp;printed cards began to replace
written letters due to improvements in printing&nbsp;technology.
Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in
the early 1700s. In the&nbsp;1840s,&nbsp;Esther A. Howland began to sell
the first mass-produced valentines in America.
♥According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one
billion valentine cards&nbsp;are sent&nbsp;each year, making Valentine's Day
the second largest card-sending holiday of&nbsp;the year.
(An&nbsp;estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.)♥Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by
women.
In addition to the&nbsp;United&nbsp;States, Valentine's Day is celebrated in
Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom,&nbsp;France, and&nbsp;Australia.For you see, each day I love&nbsp;
you&nbsp;more
Today more than yesterday
&nbsp;and less&nbsp;than tomorrow…Love is a symbol of eternity.

It Wipes Out All sense of time,

destroying all memory of the

Beginning and all fear of an end&nbsp;Love is a smoke
made ​​with the
fume of sighs.&nbsp;







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