As you may know, St Valentine seemed to exist in Ancient Rome. At the time, Rome was governed by Emperor Claudius, who needed people for his army. Not many men liked the idea of joining the army so Claudius thought that unmarried men would like to be soldiers for Rome. Therefore, he prohibited marriages.
Our man, who was a priest, decided to oppose the law by marrying couples secretly until he was caught. Valentine was then imprisoned and there he became a friend of the daughter of the prison guard. On the day he was supposed to die, 14th February 269 A.D., he left a note for his friend in which it could be read `Love, from your Valentine.´That moment started the custom of exchanging messages of love in St. Valentine´s Day.
Today, this custom still exists and apart from the messages, people buy presents and go out for romantic weekends or romantic suppers in restaurants to celebrate this day. Big department stores try to take advantage of the event by doing business with love, an everyday feeling not depending on a particular day.
Do you think couples should celebrate this day as a way of showing their love to each other or that love should be celebrated every single day if it is a true love, regardless of the calendar?
Do you think St Valentine´s day has become a commercial festivity in which shops earn a lot of money at the expense of people´s illusion or that it is valid to give a present to your love on that special day?
Our man, who was a priest, decided to oppose the law by marrying couples secretly until he was caught. Valentine was then imprisoned and there he became a friend of the daughter of the prison guard. On the day he was supposed to die, 14th February 269 A.D., he left a note for his friend in which it could be read `Love, from your Valentine.´That moment started the custom of exchanging messages of love in St. Valentine´s Day.
Today, this custom still exists and apart from the messages, people buy presents and go out for romantic weekends or romantic suppers in restaurants to celebrate this day. Big department stores try to take advantage of the event by doing business with love, an everyday feeling not depending on a particular day.
Do you think couples should celebrate this day as a way of showing their love to each other or that love should be celebrated every single day if it is a true love, regardless of the calendar?
Do you think St Valentine´s day has become a commercial festivity in which shops earn a lot of money at the expense of people´s illusion or that it is valid to give a present to your love on that special day?
1 comment:
As the Beatles said, all you need is love, they didn't mention presents or romantic suppers.
In my opinion, if you are in love, you are in love always, not only the day it's been said it's the "loving day".
I think thanks to St. Valentine's day, shops have the oportunity to sell all the shabby stuff they haven't been able to lumber anybody the rest of the year...
L.V 1st batC
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