Valentine Day

ESL 5 Culture Study

Presenter: Saovanit Korkietnan

Instructor: Lyra Riabov

Contents

♥ The meaning of love♥ The original of Valentine’s

Day♥ Symbols of Valentine’s Day♥ Valentine’s Day in America♥ Valentine’s Day in Thailand♥ References

The word "Valentine" got a meaning of “sweetheart”.

However, it eventually come to mean “a written

message of love on a piece of paper”

The origin of Valentine’s Day

♥Valentine’s Day started in the time of the Roman Empire during Emperor Claudius II of Rome.

♥St. Valentine was a priest who martyred for refusing to give up Christianity

♥He was in the jail and was tended by a jailer named Asterius.

♥He died on February 14, 269 A.D.

♥In 496 A.D. Pope Gelasius set aside February 14 to honor St. Valentine

♥February 14 became the date for exchanging love messages

♥St. Valentine became the patron saint of lovers

Symbols♥ Love Birds are the symbol of

romantic story.♥ Rose, as the queen of flowers,

symbolizes peace and war, love and forgiveness.

♥ Cupid, the son of the Goddess of Love, Venus, is supposedly responsible for people falling in love.

♥ Heart stands for the most profound and noblest of human emotions.

Valentine’s Day in America♥ After 1723, American Valentines

began to grow with the import from England of Valentine "writers."

♥ The first U.S. made Valentines were crafted by a Mount Holyoke College student, Miss Esther Howland.

♥ American school children usually celebrate St. Valentine's Day with a party at school and give Valentine box of chocolates to their friends.

Valentine’s Day in Thailand♥Young men give flowers, chocolates

to their sweethearts, and have dinner at the romantic restaurant.

♥Many couples plan to get married at the city of Bangruk which means love city.

♥On Valentine’s Day, there are many couples who come to Thailand for the festival of marriage under water.

Top Five Romantic Places in Thailand

Changmai, the North of Thailand.

Semirun, the most beautiful island in Thailand.

Surin Island, mostly known for the corals grown in the deep water.

PP Island is famous for fishing

Puchifa National Park, the best place to see the sunrise and sunset.

References

♥ http://www.stvalentines.net/stvalentinesdayhistory.html♥ http://mydearvalentine.dgreetings.com/symbols/index.html♥ http://valentines.spike-jamie.com/information.html♥ http://www.holidays.net/amore/story.html