Valentine27s_Day情人节.ppt

CUSTOMS Some couples preser to traveling or taking some special exercise on the day CUSTOMS Maybe they will just go shoping on Valentine’s Day CUSTOMS What about eating a big meal CUSTOMS But it is not just a day when couples and lovers celebrate their romance. It is also an occasion for family members or friends to express their love for each other . DIFFERENCES Differences England France Italy America Brazil Korea Japan China Differences England Men send gifts to women,and give rose to each other . Differences Freanc Men will give some surprise to wemen. Legends of the Valentine’s Day Edition One Legend says that Saint Valentine had been jailed for defying the Emperor .And he left a farewell note on the day he was executed for the jailers daughter, who had become his friend, and signed it From Your Valentine. In 496 A.D. Pope Claudius set aside February 14 to memorialize him. Edition Two At that time, Rome inside and outside war frequent , lived on the edge of starvation. Claudius gives an order that soldiers must enter Rome troops , and gives orders to forbid fellow countrymen holding getting married ceremony .But Valentine helped a pair getting married. And the thing is very quickly having been heard of. Thereupon he had been demonstrated cruelty once more causes suffering to a friar make selfs way into a jail , ultimate lethal. Friar that day dying is February 14, A.D. February 14 for 270 years. ? development In the United States, Miss Esther Howland is given credit for sending the first valentine cards. Commercial valentines were introduced in the 1800s and now the date is very commercialised. The town of Loveland, Colorado, does a large post office business around February 14. The spirit of good continues as valentines are sent out with sentimental verses and children exchange valentine cards at school. Custom Love