Saint Valentine’s Saint Valentine’s dayday

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St Valentine's DaySt Valentine's Day.

  It is a very sentimental unofficial holiday, celebrated on the 14th February by those who believe in love and friendship. Boys and girls, husbands and wives, just friends send nice cards to each other with warm greetings on the day. The legend tells us a story of an Italian monk Valentine who helped young people to marry breaching thus the ruler's law. St Valentine was executed but people still remember him and celebrate this Saint's day as a day of love.  The best presents are small trifles, chocolates and greeting cards.

The history of the holidayThe history of the holidaySt. Valentine’s Day is a religious holiday.Do you know,who was St.Valentine? One of the legend says,he was a Christian priest,who had been thrown in prison for his teaching. On February,14th Valentine was beheaded,not only because he performed a miracle-he cured the jailer’s daughter from her blindness the night before he was executed-but he wrote a letter to the girl signing it «From your Valentine ».

TraditionsTraditions• In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of

clothing from a young man.If she keeps the gift, it means she will marry him.

• If you cut an apple in half and count how many seeds are inside, you will also know how many children you will have.

• In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February,14. Hearts, keys were favourite decorations on the spoons.

• If a young woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day, it meant she would marry a sailor.

• If a woman saw a goldfish, she would marry a millionaire.

CupidCupidCupid is the most famous Valentine

symbol.

In ancient Greece he was known as Eros, the young son of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. To the Romans he was Cupid, and his mother was Venus.

St. Valentine’s sSt. Valentine’s symbolsymbols

Guess them:Guess them: Cards Cards Chocolates Chocolates Engagements Engagements &&ProposalsProposals Flowers Flowers Gloves Gloves Hearts Hearts Letters Letters Love Spoons Love Spoons RibbonsRibbons

Meaning of Different Colors of Roses

• Rose of different colors symbolizes different emotions and feelings. One therefore needs to be careful while presenting a rose to loved one:

• Red Roses - Love and passion

• White Roses - True love, purity of the mind and reverence•

Yellow Roses - Friendship, celebration and joy

• Pink Roses - Friendship or Sweetheart, admiration

• Peach Roses - Desire and excitement or appreciation

• Lilac Roses - Love at first sight and enchantment

• Coral Roses - Desire

• Orange Roses - Enthusiasm and desire

• Black Roses - Farewell or "It's Over"

• Bouquet of Red and Yellow Roses: Happiness and celebrations •

Bouquet of Red and White Roses: Bonding and harmony

• Bouquet of Yellow and Orange Roses: Passion

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Find the wordsFind the words

Famous couplesFamous couples

Romeo

Captain Grey

Lady Hamilton

Juliet

PrinceOthello

Margaret

Master

Admiral Nelson

Cinderella

Ophelia

Hamlet

Assol

Eve

Adam

Desdemona

Create your poem about loveCreate your poem about love

• ----------------------------------------day

• ----------------------------------------say

• ----------------------------------------you

• ----------------------------------------too!

Choose the definitionChoose the definition

Heart: a) a present,b)an organ,c) sweet food.

Sweetheart: a) a greeting,b) a lover,c) a candy.

Gift: a) a flower,b) a feeling,c) a present.

Tender: a) kind,b) funny,c) gentle.

Wedding ceremony: a) a dance,b) a diamond,c) marriage.

Cupid:a) God,b) winged child,c) Valentine.

Let’s talk about loveLet’s talk about loveMy heart is-----a boiling kettle

Your heart is----a diamond

Your lips are----roses

Your eyes are----stars

My love is-----the Universe

My heart is----fire

Your heart is-----ice

Your lips are-----honey

Your eyes are----an ocean

My love is----the sky

as cold as

as deep as

as blue as

as sweet as

as nice as

as hard as

as hot as

as bright as

as red as

as endless as

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What children think What children think about loveabout love

• Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.

• Love is when mummy gives daddy the best piece of chicken.

• Love is when you tell a guy you like his shirt,then he wears it every day.

• Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day.

What is loveWhat is love??

• 1.What is love?• 2.What does love

do?• 3.When do a young

boy and a young girl fall in love?

• 4.How?• 5.They are then said

to be?

• A) Madly.• B) At the first sight.• C)Love is blind.• D) Love makes the

world go round.• E)Victims of cupid’s

darts.

Love poemsLove poems

• She walks in beauty,like the night

• Of cloudless climes and starry skies,

• And all that’s best of dark and bright,

• Meet in the aspect and her eyes;

• Thus mellow’d to that tender light

• Which heaven and gaudy day denies

• Lord Byron

• What’s in a name? That’s which we call a rose

• By any other word would smell as sweet.

• So Romeo would, were he not called Romeo,

• Retain that dear perfection which he owes

• Without that title.Romeo, deny your name;

• And for your name,which is no part of you,

• Take all myself.• W. Shakespare

Let’s make Valentine cardsLet’s make Valentine cards