VALENTINE'S DAY -

    Whenever all the festivals like Diwali, Raksha Bandhan, Christmas, Holi are celebrated, the love between loved ones becomes even deeper, love does not need any special day, but it is needed somewhere in the fast pace of time. There is a happy festival full of love like Valentine's Day. 
      On the day of Valentine's Day, everyone takes time out for their love, expresses love, believes in the most precious gift of life out of precious time, which was given to you by the above.  Everyone makes plans for this day and Valentine's Day is celebrated not only for one day, but for the whole week.

    Valentine's Day i.e. the day of expressing love is celebrated every year on the 14th of February.




  Like every festival there is also a story behind celebrating this day -

    Valentine is not the name of a day, actually it is  the name of a priest who lived in Rome, at that time Rome was ruled by Claudius, who wished to become a powerful ruler, for which he had to pay a lot. He had to make a big army, but he saw that the people of Rome who have family,  have wife and children, they do not want to join to the army, then the ruler made a rule, according to which he banned all future marriages. And no one liked this thing, but no one could say anything in front of that ruler. Even Pastor Valentine (the priest) did not like this thing. One day a couple came, who expressed their desire to get married, then the priest Valentine got them married in a quiet room. But that ruler came to know and imprisoned the clergyman and he was sentenced to death.
When Pastor Valentine was in prison, everyone used to come to meet him, give him roses and gifts, he wanted to tell everyone that he believed in all love, but the day he was sentenced to death, that day was 14 February 269 AD.  Before he died, Pastor Valentine wrote a letter, which was in the name of those who loved him.

Valentines is happily sacrificed for those who love and pleads to keep the love alive, so from that day till today, 14th February is celebrated in the name of Valentine's Day in memory of Pastor Valentines.
Like Valentine's Day is a unique festival, in the same way it is celebrated in a unique way.




  The days of Valentine Week -

The festival of Valentine's Day lasts from 7th February to 14th February and each day has been given a special name.

 1.  7th February (Rose Day):
  It is called Rose Day, on this day we gift roses to those we love, every rose means something like-
White rose says, “I Am Sorry”
Yellow rose says, “You Are My Best Friend”
Pink rose says, "I Like You"  
Red rose says,  “I Love You”

2.  8th February (Propose Day):
  It is called Propose Day, in which whoever loves with heart, proposes to him, whose style is different, which he thinks himself.

3.  9th February (Chocolate Day):
   It is called Chocolate Day, on this day everyone gives chocolate to their love, thus sharing all the sweetness.

4.  10th February (Teddy Day):
    It is called Teddy Bear Day, on this day lovers give gifts to each other, in which they all bring gifts for their dearest person.

5.  11th February (Promise Day):
It is called Promise Day, on this day everyone promises to keep their love together. Remember all the vows and promises. Promises to fulfill it.

6.  12th February (Kiss Day):
   It is called Kiss Day, on this day everyone spends time with each other, makes every moment a memory, remembers the past and becomes each other in every way.

7.  13th February (Hug Day):
   It is called Hug Day, on this day couples express their feelings by staying together.  They embrace each other with love and always express the feeling of supporting each other, which will keep them bound even in difficult times.

8.  14th February (Valentine's Day):
     This is the last day, which is called Valentine's Day, on this day all the couples spend the whole day with each other.

In this way, every year this one week a person spends time with his life partner, his special friend, his family and his best friends.  Love is not a matter of any day or time, but love is hidden somewhere in today's race and thus the Pastor spends some moments with his loved ones while paying tribute to Valentine and keeps adding them to his memories.



  Facts about Valentine's Day-


1. Valentine's Day started with the Romans.

 2. Valentine's Day was first declared a holiday by a Pope Gelasis in 496 AD. The holiday was later removed from the Roman Calendar of Saints.

 3. The first known official celebration of Saint Valentine’s Day took place in Paris on February 14, 1400, which is when King Charles VI of France established La cour amoureuse, or the High Court of Love.

 4. Aound 65% of Americans believe that the packaging of Valentine's Day candies and chocolates should be red and pink.

 5. Valentine's Day is a popular holiday to get engaged. A 2017 study by diamond retailer James Allen found that 43% of millennials chose Valentine's Day as their ideal day to propose or to accept a proposal.

 6. The chocolate box has been around for more than 140 years.

 7. People really do love their pets, because according to the National Retail Federation, 27% of people celebrating Valentine's Day in 2020 said they were also buying gifts for their pets.

 8. A king named Charles II from Sweden started the tradition of sending flowers.

 9. Teachers are on the number one recipient of Valentines.

 10. Like Japan, Finland and Estonia also recognize Valentine's Day, and they also do things a little differently. Known as Ystävänpäivä in Finland and Sõbrapäev in Estonia, both countries use the holiday as a Friendship Day or Day of the Friends, where they exchange cards and gifts not only with lovers, but with friends and family members as well.


 Thought -

This is the day of love, it should be celebrated with love and love is not of any one way but to everyone in every way.  And the most important thing is in love that to love and not to ask for anything in return, many people love and accept love in return, they want that, which is also okay to some extent but it should not happen that you have the right to love. You have the right to ask for love but whether you will get love or not is not your right.  Now you must be thinking that if you do not get love in return for love, then what will be the use of loving love, ask those who do love, ask those who do it, it has its own fun, those who love really passionately do not need them. If he/she asks for someone's love, he is loved by the whole world or if I say the whole universe.
Valentine's day especially in India, it is believed that it is only for the youth and it is the festival of the new generation but it is not so in India so it should be celebrated with more gaiety.  We celebrate every festival in India with love and anyway India is a country where love itself has come and settled which is the country of Shri Krishna himself, which is the sweetest definition of love itself.  Like every festival, we should celebrate it with all our heart.  Everywhere everyone has their own way of defining love in a different way which is very cute, how adults show it, how young people adopt it, how old people celebrate it in secret, all in its own right is gorgeous.
Although every day is a day of love, there should not be any special festival to celebrate love, but in today's time, no one has enough time to understand and extract it, so if this festival has been made for so many centuries. So why not do only 1 day out of 365 days in the name of love.


 Quotes for Valentine's Day -

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