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This article is about the liturgical celebration and romantic holiday. For Brazil's Dia de São Valentim, see Dia dos Namorados. For uses of Valentine, see Valentine. For other uses, see Valentine's Day (disambiguation).

Saint Valentine's Day
Antique Valentine's card
Also called	Valentine's Day Feast of Saint Valentine
Observed by	People in many countries; Anglican Communion (see calendar), Eastern Orthodox Church (see calendar), Lutheran Church (see calendar)
Type	Cultural, Christian, commercial
Significance	Feast day of Saint Valentine; the celebration of Love and affection
Observances	Sending greeting cards and gifts, dating, church services
Date	February 14 (fixed by the Catholic Church); July 7 (fixed by the Orthodox Church)
Frequency	annual

Shrine of St. Valentine in Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland

Saint Valentine of Terni and his disciples

Saint Valentine's Day, also known as Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine,^[1] is observed on February 14 each year. It is celebrated in many countries around the world, although it remains a working day in most of them.
St. Valentine's Day began as a liturgical celebration of one or more early Christian saints named Valentinus. Several martyrdom stories were invented for the various Valentines that belonged to February 14, and added to later martyrologies.^[2] A popular hagiographical account of Saint Valentine of Rome states that he was imprisoned for performing weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry and for ministering to Christians, who were persecuted under the Roman Empire. According to legend, during his imprisonment, he healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius. An embellishment to this story states that before his execution he wrote her a letter signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell.^[3] Today, Saint Valentine's Day is an official feast day in the Anglican Communion,^[4] as well as in the Lutheran Church.^[5] The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates Saint Valentine's Day, albeit on July 6th and July 30th, the former date in honor of the Roman presbyter Saint Valentine, and the latter date in honor of Hieromartyr Valentine, the Bishop of Interamna (modern Terni). In Brazil, the Dia de São Valentim is recognized on June 12.
The day was first associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished. In 18th-century England, it evolved into an occasion in which lovers expressed their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). Valentine's Day symbols that are used today include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.^[6]

Saint Valentine

For more details on this topic, see Saint Valentine.

Historical facts

St Valentine baptizing St Lucilla, Jacopo Bassano

Numerous early Christian martyrs were named Valentine.^[7] The Valentines honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae) and Valentine of Terni (Valentinus ep. Interamnensis m. Romae).^[8] Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred about AD 496 and was buried on the Via Flaminia. The relics of Saint Valentine were kept in the Church and Catacombs of San Valentino in Rome, which "remained an important pilgrim site throughout the Middle Ages until the relics of St. Valentine were transferred to the church of Santa Prassede during the pontificate of Nicholas IV".^[9][10] The flower-crowned skull^[11] of Saint Valentine is exhibited in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Cosmedin, Rome. Other relics are found at Whitefriar Street Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland.^[12] Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna (modern Terni) about AD 197 and is said to have been martyred during the persecution under Emperor Aurelian. He is also buried on the Via Flaminia, but in a different location than Valentine of Rome. His relics are at the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni (Basilica di San Valentino). Jack B. Oruch states that "abstracts of the acts of the two saints were in nearly every church and monastery of Europe."^[13] The Catholic Encyclopedia also speaks of a third saint named Valentine who was mentioned in early martyrologies under date of February 14. He was martyred in Africa with a number of companions, but nothing more is known about him.^[14] Saint Valentine's head was preserved in the abbey of New Minster, Winchester, and venerated.^[15]
February 14 is celebrated as St. Valentine's Day in various Christian denominations; it has, for example, the rank of 'commemoration' in the calendar of saints in the Anglican Communion.^[4] In addition, the feast day of Saint Valentine is also given in the calendar of saints of the Lutheran Church.^[5] However, in the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints, the feast day of Saint Valentine on February 14 was removed from the General Roman Calendar and relegated to particular (local or even national) calendars for the following reason: "Though the memorial of Saint Valentine is ancient, it is left to particular calendars, since, apart from his name, nothing is known of Saint Valentine except that he was buried on the Via Flaminia on February 14."^[16] The feast day is still celebrated in Balzan (Malta) where relics of the saint are claimed to be found, and also throughout the world by Traditionalist Catholics who follow the older, pre-Second Vatican Council calendar. In the Eastern Orthodox Church, St. Valentine's Day is celebrated on July 6th, in which Saint Valentine, the Roman presbyter, is honoured; furthermore, the Eastern Orthodox Church obsesrves the feast of Hieromartyr Valentine, Bishop of Interamna, on July 30th.^[17][18][19]

Legends

J.C. Cooper, in The Dictionary of Christianity, writes that Saint Valentine was "a priest of Rome who was imprisoned for succouring persecuted Christians."^[20] Contemporary records of Saint Valentine were most probably destroyed during this Diocletianic Persecution in the early 4th century.^[21] In the 5th or 6th century, a work called Passio Marii et Marthae published a story of martyrdom for Saint Valentine of Rome, perhaps by borrowing tortures that happened to other saints, as was usual in the literature of that period. The same events are also found in Bede's Martyrology, which was compiled in the 8th century.^[21][22] It states that Saint Valentine was persecuted as a Christian and interrogated by Roman Emperor Claudius II in person. Claudius was impressed by Valentine and had a discussion with him, attempting to get him to convert to Roman paganism in order to save his life. Valentine refused and tried to convert Claudius to Christianity instead. Because of this, he was executed. Before his execution, he is reported to have performed a miracle by healing Julia, the blind daughter of his jailer Asterius. The jailer's daughter and his forty-four member household (family members and servants) came to believe in Jesus and were baptized.^[21] A later Passio repeated the legend, adding that Pope Julius I built a church over his sepulcre (it is a confusion with a 4th-century tribune called Valentino who donated land to build a church at a time when Julius was a Pope).^[22] The legend was picked up as fact by later martyrologies, starting by Bede's martyrology in the 8th century.^[22] It was repeated in the 13th century, in Legenda Aurea.^[23] The book expounded briefly the Early Medieval acta of several Saint Valentines, and this legend was assigned to the Valentine under February 14.
There is an additional embellishment to The Golden Legend, which according to Henry Ansgar Kelly, was added centuries later, and widely repeated.^[3] On the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he would have written the first "valentine" card himself, addressed to the daughter of his jailer Asterius, who was no longer blind, signing as "Your Valentine."^[3] The expression "From your Valentine" was later adopted by modern Valentine letters.^[24] This legend has been published by both American Greetings and The History Channel.
John Foxe, an English historian, as well as the Order of Carmelites, state that Saint Valentine was buried in the Church of Praxedes in Rome, located near the cemetery of Saint Hippolytus. This order says that according to legend, "Julia herself planted a pink-blossomed almond tree near his grave. Today, the almond tree remains a symbol of abiding love and friendship."^[25][26]
Anther embellishment is that Saint Valentine would have performed clandestine Christian weddings for soldiers who were forbidden to marry.^[27] The Roman Emperor Claudius II supposedly forbade this in order to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers.^[27][28] However, this supposed marriage ban was never issued, and in fact Claudius II told his soldiers to take two or three women for themselves after his victory over the Goths.^[29]
According to legend, in order "to remind these men of their vows and God’s love, Saint Valentine is said to have cut hearts from parchment", giving them to these soldiers and persecuted Christians, a possible origin of the widespread use of hearts on St. Valentine's Day.^[30]
Saint Valentine supposedly wore a purple amethyst ring, customarily worn on the hands of Christian bishops with an image of Cupid engraved in it, a recognizable symbol associated with love that was legal under the Roman Empire;^[28][31] Roman soldiers would recognize the ring and ask him to perform marriage for them.^[28] Probably because of the association with Saint Valentine, amethyst has become the birthstone of February, and its thought to attract love.^[32]

Folk traditions

While the European folk traditions connected with Saint Valentine and St. Valentine's Day have become marginalized by the modern Anglo-American customs connecting the day with romantic love, there are some remaining associations connecting the saint with the advent of spring.
While the custom of sending cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts originated in the UK, Valentine's Day still remains connected with various regional customs in England. In Norfolk, a character called 'Jack' Valentine knocks on the rear door of houses leaving sweets and presents for children. Although he was leaving treats, many children were scared of this mystical person.^[33][34]
In Slovenia, Saint Valentine or Zdravko was one of the saints of spring, the saint of good health and the patron of beekeepers and pilgrims.^[35] A proverb says that "Saint Valentine brings the keys of roots". Plants and flowers start to grow on this day. It has been celebrated as the day when the first work in the vineyards and in the fields commences. It is also said that birds propose to each other or marry on that day. Another proverb says "Valentin – prvi spomladin" ("Valentine — the first spring saint"), as in some places (especially White Carniola), Saint Valentine marks the beginning of spring.^[36] Valentine's Day has only recently been celebrated as the day of love. The day of love was traditionally March 12, the Saint Gregory's day, or February 22, Saint Vincent's Day. The patron of love was Saint Anthony, whose day has been celebrated on June 13.^[35]

Connection with romantic love

Lupercalia

Main article: Lupercalia

There is no evidence of any link between St. Valentine's Day and the rites of the ancient Roman festival, despite many claims by many authors.^{[15][37][notes 1]} The celebration of Saint Valentine did not have any romantic connotations until Chaucer's poetry about "Valentines" in the 14th century.^[21]
Popular modern sources claim links to unspecified Greco-Roman February holidays alleged to be devoted to fertility and love to St. Valentine's Day, but prior to Chaucer in the 14th century, there were no links between the Saints named Valentinus and romantic love.^[21] Earlier links as described above were focused on sacrifice rather than romantic love. In the ancient Athenian calendar the period between mid-January and mid-February was the month of Gamelion, dedicated to the sacred marriage of Zeus and Hera.
In Ancient Rome, Lupercalia, observed February 13–15, was an archaic rite connected to fertility. Lupercalia was a festival local to the city of Rome. The more general Festival of Juno Februa, meaning "Juno the purifier "or "the chaste Juno", was celebrated on February 13–14. Pope Gelasius I (492–496) abolished Lupercalia. Some researchers have theorized that Gelasius I replaced Lupercalia with the celebration of the Purification of Mary in February 14 and claim a connection to the 14th century's connotations of romantic love, but there is no historical indication that he ever intended such a thing.^{[notes 2][38]} Also, the dates don't fit because at the time of Gelasius I the feast was only celebrated in Jerusalem, and it was on February 14 only because Jerusalem placed the Nativity on January 6th.^{[notes 3]} Although it was called "Purification of Mary", it dealt mainly with the presentation of Jesus at the temple.^[39] The Jerusalem's Purification of Mary in February 14 became the Presentation of Jesus at the Temple in February 2 as it was introduced to Rome and other places in the sixth century, after Gelasius I's time.^[40]
Alban Butler in his Lifes of the Principal Saints (1756–1759) claimed without proof that men and women in Lupercalia drew names from a jar to make couples, and that modern Valentine's letters originated from this custom. In reality, this practice originated in the Middle Ages, with no link to Lupercalia, with men drawing the names of girls at random to couple with them. This custom was combated by priests, for example by Frances de Sales around 1600, apparently by replacing it with a religious custom of girls drawing the names of apostles from the altar. However, this religious custom is recorded as soon as the 13th century in the life of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, so it could have a different origin.^[15]

Geoffrey Chaucer by Thomas Hoccleve (1412)

Chaucer's love birds

Jack B. Oruch writes that the first recorded association of Valentine's Day with romantic love is in Parlement of Foules (1382) by Geoffrey Chaucer.^[21] Chaucer wrote:

For this was on seynt Volantynys day
Whan euery bryd comyth there to chese his make.

["For this was on St. Valentine's Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate."]
This poem was written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia.^[41] A treaty providing for a marriage was signed on May 2, 1381.^[42] (When they were married eight months later, they were each only 15 years old).
Readers have uncritically assumed that Chaucer was referring to February 14 as Valentine's Day; however, mid-February is an unlikely time for birds to be mating in England. Henry Ansgar Kelly has pointed out that Chaucer could be referring to May 3, the celebration in the liturgical calendar of Valentine of Genoa, an early bishop of Genoa who died around AD 307.^[41][43][44] Jack B. Oruch says that date for the start of Spring has changed since Chaucer's time because of the precession of equinoxes and the introduction of the Gregorian calendar in 1582. The date would correspond to the modern 23 February, a time when some birds have started mating and nesting in England.^[21]
Chaucer's Parliament of Foules is set in a fictional context of an old tradition, but in fact there was no such tradition before Chaucer. The speculative explanation of sentimental customs, posing as historical fact, had their origins among 18th-century antiquaries, notably Alban Butler, the author of Butler's Lives of Saints, and have been perpetuated even by respectable modern scholars. Most notably, "the idea that Valentine's Day customs perpetuated those of the Roman Lupercalia has been accepted uncritically and repeated, in various forms, up to the present".^[15][45]
There were three other authors who made poems about birds mating in St. Valentine's Day around the same years: Otton de Grandson from Savoy, John Gower from England, and a knight called Pardo from Valencia. Chaucer most probably predated all of them, but, due to the difficulty of dating medieval works, we can't know for sure who of the four had the idea first and influenced the others.^[46]

Medieval period and the English Renaissance

Using the language of the law courts for the rituals of courtly love, a "High Court of Love" was probably established by princess Isabel of Bavaria in Paris in 1400. It was founded on 6 January, the festivity of a Bavarian Saint Valentin, with The Charter of the Court of Love.^[47] The court dealt with love contracts, betrayals, and violence against women. Judges were selected by women on the basis of a poetry reading.^[47][48][49] It was probably based on the poems of Grandson, and not on the poems of Chaucer.^[47] It is possible that the actual Court never existed and that it was all an invention of the princess.^[47]
The earliest surviving valentine is a 15th-century rondeau written by Charles, Duke of Orléans to his wife, which commences.

Je suis desja d'amour tanné
Ma tres doulce Valentinée...

—Charles d'Orléans, Rondeau VI, lines 1–2^[50]

At the time, the duke was being held in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt, 1415.^[51]
The earliest surviving valentines in English appear to be those in the Paston Letters, written in 1477 by Margery Brewes to her future husband John Paston "my right well-beloved Valentine".^[52]
Valentine's Day is mentioned ruefully by Ophelia in Hamlet (1600–1601):

To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,
All in the morning betime,
And I a maid at your window,
To be your Valentine.
Then up he rose, and donn'd his clothes,
And dupp'd the chamber-door;
Let in the maid, that out a maid
Never departed more.

—William Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act IV, Scene 5

John Donne used the legend of the marriage of the birds as the starting point for his Epithalamion celebrating the marriage of Elizabeth, daughter of James I of England, and Frederick V, Elector Palatine on Valentine's Day:

Hayle Bishop Valentine whose day this is
All the Ayre is thy Diocese
And all the chirping Queristers
And other birds ar thy parishioners
Thou marryest every yeare
The Lyrick Lark, and the graue whispering Doue,
The Sparrow that neglects his life for loue,
The houshold bird with the redd stomacher
Thou makst the Blackbird speede as soone,
As doth the Goldfinch, or the Halcyon
The Husband Cock lookes out and soone is spedd
And meets his wife, which brings her feather-bed.
This day more cheerfully than ever shine
This day which might inflame thy selfe old Valentine.

—John Donne, Epithalamion Vpon Frederick Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth marryed on St. Valentines day

The verse Roses are red echoes conventions traceable as far back as Edmund Spenser's epic The Faerie Queene (1590):

She bath'd with roses red, and violets blew,
And all the sweetest flowres, that in the forrest grew.^[53]

The modern cliché Valentine's Day poem can be found in the collection of English nursery rhymes Gammer Gurton's Garland (1784):

The rose is red, the violet's blue,
The honey's sweet, and so are you.
Thou art my love and I am thine;
I drew thee to my Valentine:
The lot was cast and then I drew,
And Fortune said it shou'd be you.^[54][55]

Modern times

Valentine's Day postcard, circa 1910

In 1797, a British publisher issued The Young Man's Valentine Writer, which contained scores of suggested sentimental verses for the young lover unable to compose his own. Printers had already begun producing a limited number of cards with verses and sketches, called "mechanical valentines," and a reduction in postal rates in the next century ushered in the less personal but easier practice of mailing Valentines. That, in turn, made it possible for the first time to exchange cards anonymously, which is taken as the reason for the sudden appearance of racy verse in an era otherwise prudishly Victorian.^[56]
Paper Valentines became so popular in England in the early 19th century that they were assembled in factories. Fancy Valentines were made with real lace and ribbons, with paper lace introduced in the mid-19th century.^[57] The reinvention of St. Valentine's Day in the 1840s has been traced by Leigh Eric Schmidt.^[58] As a writer in Graham's American Monthly observed in 1849, "Saint Valentine's Day... is becoming, nay it has become, a national holyday."^[59] Laura Seddon Greeting Card Collection from the Manchester Metropolitan University gathers 450 Valentine's Day cards dating from the early nineteenth century, printed by the major publishers of the day.^[60] The collection is cataloged in Laura Seddon's bookVictorian Valentines (1996)^[61]
In the United States, the first mass-produced valentines of embossed paper lace were produced and sold shortly after 1847 by Esther Howland (1828–1904) of Worcester, Massachusetts.^[62][63] Her father operated a large book and stationery store, but Howland took her inspiration from an English Valentine she had received from a business associate of her father.^[64][65] Intrigued with the idea of making similar Valentines, Howland began her business by importing paper lace and floral decorations from England.^[65][66] The English practice of sending Valentine's cards was established enough to feature as a plot device in Elizabeth Gaskell's Mr. Harrison's Confessions (1851): "I burst in with my explanations: '"The valentine I know nothing about." '"It is in your handwriting", said he coldly.^[67] Since 2001, the Greeting Card Association has been giving an annual "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary."^[63]

Child dressed in Valentine's Day-themed clothing.

Valentines candy

Since the 19th century, handwritten notes have given way to mass-produced greeting cards.^[6] In the UK, just under half of the population spend money on their Valentines and around 1.3 billion pounds are spent yearly on cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts, with an estimated 25 million cards being sent.^[68] The mid-19th century Valentine's Day trade was a harbinger of further commercialized holidays in the United States to follow.^[69]
In the second half of the 20th century, the practice of exchanging cards was extended to all manner of gifts. Such gifts typically include roses and chocolates packed in a red satin, heart-shaped box. In the 1980s, the diamond industry began to promote Valentine's Day as an occasion for giving jewelry.
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the US. Half of those valentines are given to family members other than husband or wife, usually to children. When you include the valentine-exchange cards made in school activities the figure goes up to 1 billion, and teachers become the people receiving the most valentines.^[62]
The rise of Internet popularity at the turn of the millennium is creating new traditions. Millions of people use, every year, digital means of creating and sending Valentine's Day greeting messages such as e-cards, love coupons or printable greeting cards. An estimated 15 million e-valentines were sent in 2010.^[62] Valentine's Day is considered by some to be a Hallmark holiday due to its commercialization.^[70]

Valentine's Day red roses

In the modern era, liturigically, the Anglican Church has a service for St. Valentine's Day (the Feast of St. Valentine), which includes the optional rite of the renewal of marriage vows.^[71]

Antique and vintage Valentine cards, 1850–1950

Valentines of the mid-19th and early 20th centuries

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  Esther Howland Valentine, circa 1850: "Weddings now are all the go, Will you marry me or no"?
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  Handwritten poem, "To Susanna" dated Valentine's Day, 1850 (Cork, Ireland)
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  Comic Valentine, mid-19th century: "R stands for rod, which can give a smart crack, And ought to be used For a day on your back."
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  Valentine card, 1862: "My dearest Miss, I send thee a kiss" addressed to Miss Jenny Lane of Crostwight Hall, Smallburgh, Norfolk.
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  Folk art Valentine and envelope dated 1875 addressed to Clara Dunn of Newfield, New Jersey
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  Whitney Valentine, 1887; Howland sold her New England Valentine Company to the George C. Whitney Company in 1881
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  Seascape Valentine, date unknown
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  Vinegar Valentine, circa 1900

Postcards, "pop-ups", and mechanical Valentines, circa 1900–1930

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  Buster Brown Valentine postcard by Richard Felton Outcault, early years of 20th century
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  Advertisement for Prang's greeting cards, 1883
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  Postcard by Nister, circa 1906
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  Valentine postcard, circa 1900–1910
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  A tiny 2-inch pop-up Valentine, circa 1920
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  Football-playing Disney-like rat and bulldog are set in motion by the pull-tab on the right, circa 1920
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  A grommet affixed to the center of the card permits the dog's eyes to glance side-to-side when the blue bow is moved
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  Rocking horse and rider, circa 1920–1930

Children's Valentines

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  Children's Valentine, 1940–1950
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  Anthropomorphic Valentine, circa 1950–1960

Others

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  Taipei 101 in Valentine's Day 2006
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  Box of Valentine Chocolates
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  Valentine's Day Chocolates
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  Cake Valentine selfmade
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  Barney and India (cat), Pets of Bush at White House on Valentine's Day 2007
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  Pink Heart Sunglasses
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  US-Lovestamp

Celebration worldwide

Valentine's Day customs developed in early modern England and spread throughout the Anglosphere in the 19th century.
In the later 20th and early 21st centuries, these customs have also spread to other countries along with other aspects of American pop culture, but its impact so far has been rather more limited than that of Halloween, or that of US pop-culture inspired aspects of Christmas (such as Santa Claus).

Tree at Valentine's Day with hearts

Due to a concentrated marketing effort, Valentine's Day is celebrated in some East Asian countries with Chinese and South Koreans spending the most money on Valentine's gifts.^[72]

China

In China, the common situation is the man gives chocolate, flowers or both to the woman that he loves. In Chinese, Valentine's Day is called lovers' festival (simplified Chinese: 情人节; traditional Chinese: 情人節; pinyin: qíng rén jié). The so-called "Chinese Valentine's Day" is the Qixi Festival, celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar. It commemorates a day on which a legendary cowherder and weaving maid are allowed to be together. Valentine's Day on February 14 is not celebrated because it is often too close to the Chinese New Year, which usually falls on either January or February.^{[citation needed]} In Chinese culture, there is an older observance related to lovers, called "The Night of Sevens" (Chinese: 七夕; pinyin: Qi Xi). According to the legend, the Cowherd star and the Weaver Maid star are normally separated by the Milky Way (silvery river) but are allowed to meet by crossing it on the 7th day of the 7th month of the Chinese calendar.

Finland

In Finland Valentine's Day is called Ystävänpäivä which translates into "Friend's Day". As the name indicates, this day is more about remembering all your friends, not only your loved ones. In Estonia Valentine's Day is called Sõbrapäev, which has the same meaning.^{[citation needed]}

France

In France, a traditionally Catholic country, Valentine's Day is known simply as "Saint Valentin", and is celebrated in much the same way as other western countries.

Greece

St. Valentine's Day, or Ημέρα του Αγίου Βαλεντίνου in Greek tradition was not associated with romantic love; In the Eastern Orthodox church there is another Saint who protects people who are in love, Hyacinth of Caesarea (feast day 3 July), but in contemporary Greece, this tradition has mostly been superseded by the "globalized" form of Valentine's Day.^{[citation needed]}

India

In India, in antiquity, there was a tradition of adoring Kamadeva, the lord of love; exemplificated by the erotic carvings in the Khajuraho Group of Monuments and by the writing of the Kamasutra treaty of lovemaking.^[73] This tradition was lost around the Middle Ages, when Kamadeva was no longer celebrated, and public displays of sexual affection became frowned upon.^[73] This repression of public affections persisted until the 1990s.
In the state of West Bengal, Saraswati Puja, a festival observed in early spring where Saraswati, the goddess of learning is worshiped; has often been seen as a Bengali version of Valentine's Day; especially among the urban middle class youth.
Valentine's Day celebrations didn't catch on in India until around 1992. It was spread due to the programs in commercial TV channels, such as MTV, dedicated radio programs and love letter competitions, in addition to an economical liberalization that allowed the explosion of the valentine card industry.^[73][74] Economic liberalization also helped the Valentine card industry.^[74] The celebration has caused a sharp change on how people have been displaying their affection in public since the Middle Ages.^[73]
In modern times, Hindu and Islamic^[75] traditionalists have considered the holiday to be cultural contamination from the West, a result of the globalization in India.^[73][74] Asaram Bapu, the Hindu leader of the Sant Sri Asaramji Ashram has stated that "Those who celebrate ‘Valentine’s Day’ in the present manner, do in fact insult the saint himself; for they try to start a love-affair before their actual marriage by sending Valentine cards to one another. Had St. Valentine supported this system, he would not have solemnized the marriages in the first place."^[76][77] Shiv Sena and the Sangh Parivar have asked their followers to shun the holiday and the "public admission of love" because of them being "alien to Indian culture".^[78] Although these protests are organized by political elites, the protesters themselves are middle-class Hindu men who fear that the globalization will destroy the traditions in their society: arranged marriages, Hindu joint families, full-time mothers, etc.^[74][75]
Despite these obstacles, Valentine's Day is becoming increasingly popular in India.^[79]
Valentine's Day has been strongly criticized from a postcolonial perspective by intellectuals from the Indian left. The holiday is regarded as a front for "Western imperialism", "neocolonialism", and "the exploitation of working classes through commercialism by multinational corporations".^[80] Studies have shown that Valentine's Day promotes and exacerbates income inequality in India, and aids in the creation of a pseudo-westernized middle class. As a result, the working classes and rural poor become more disconnected socially, politically, and geographically from the hegemonic capitalist power structure. They also criticize mainstream media attacks on Indians opposed to Valentine's Day as a form of demonization that is designed and derived to further the Valentine's Day agenda.^[81][82] Right wing Hindu nationalists are also hostile. In February 2012 Subash Chouhan of the Bajrang Dal warned couples that "They cannot kiss or hug in public places. Our activists will beat them up".^[83] He said "We are not against love, but we criticize vulgar exhibition of love at public places".^[84]

Iran

In Iran, the Sepandarmazgan, or Esfandegan, is a festival where people express love towards their mothers and wives, and it is also a celebration of earth in ancient Persian culture. It has been progressively forgotten in favor of the Western celebration of Valentine's Day. The Association of Iran's Cultural and Natural Phenomena has been trying since 2006 to make Sepandarmazgan a national holiday on 17 February, in order to replace the Western holiday.^[85]

Israel

In Israel, the Jewish tradition of Tu B'Av has been revived and transformed into the Jewish equivalent of Valentine's Day. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the month of Av (usually in late August). In ancient times girls would wear white dresses and dance in the vineyards, where the boys would be waiting for them (Mishna Taanith end of Chapter 4). Today, Tu Be'av is celebrated as a second holiday of love by secular people (besides Saint Valentine's Day), and it shares many of the customs associated with Saint Valentine's Day in western societies. In modern Israeli culture Tu Be'av is a popular day to pronounce love, propose marriage and give gifts like cards or flowers.^[86]

Japan

In Japan, Morozoff Ltd. introduced the holiday for the first time in 1936, when it ran an advertisement aimed at foreigners. Later in 1953 it began promoting the giving of heart-shaped chocolates; other Japanese confectionery companies followed suit thereafter. In 1958 the Isetan department store ran a "Valentine sale". Further campaigns during the 1960s popularized the custom.^[87][88]
The custom that only women give chocolates to men appears to have originated from the translation error of a chocolate-company executive during the initial campaigns.^[89] In particular, office ladies give chocolate to their co-workers. Unlike western countries, gifts such as greeting cards,^[89] candies, flowers, or dinner dates^[90] are uncommon, and most of the activity about the gifts is about giving the right amount of chocolate to each person.^[89] Japanese chocolate companies make half their annual sales during this time of the year.^[89]
Many women feel obliged to give chocolates to all male co-workers, except when the day falls on a Sunday, a holiday. This is known as giri-choko (義理チョコ), from giri ("obligation") and choko, ("chocolate"), with unpopular co-workers receiving only "ultra-obligatory" chō-giri choko cheap chocolate. This contrasts with honmei-choko (本命チョコ, favorite chocolate), chocolate given to a loved one. Friends, especially girls, may exchange chocolate referred to as tomo-choko (友チョコ); from tomo meaning "friend".^[91]
In the 1980s the Japanese National Confectionery Industry Association launched a successful campaign to make March 14 a "reply day", where men are expected to return the favour to those who gave them chocolates on Valentine's Day, calling it White Day for the color of the chocolates being offered. A previous failed attempt to popularize this celebration had been done by a marshmallow manufacturer who wanted men to return marshmallows to women.^[87][88]
Men are expected to return gifts that are at least two or three times more valuable than the gifts received in Valentine's Day. Not returning the gift is perceived as the man placing himself in a position of superiority, even if excuses are given. Returning a present of equal value is considered as a way to say that you are cutting the relationship. Originally only chocolate was given, but now the gifts of jewelry, accessories, clothing and lingerie are usual. According to the official website of White Day, the color white was chosen because it's the color of purity, evoking "pure, sweet teen love", and because it's also the color of sugar. The initial name was "Ai ni Kotaeru White Day" (Answer Love on White Day).^[87][88]
In Japan, the romantic "date night" associated to Valentine's Day is celebrated on Christmas Eve.^[92]
In a 2006 survey of people between 10 and 49 years of age in Japan, Oricon Style found the 1986 Sayuri Kokushō single "Valentine Kiss" to be the most popular Valentine's Day song, even though it sold only 317,000 copies.^[93] The singles it beat in the ranking were number one selling "Love Love Love" from Dreams Come True (2,488,630 copies) and "Valentine's Radio" from Yumi Matsutoya (1,606,780 copies). The final song in the top five was "My Funny Valentine" by Miles Davis.^[93]
In Japan, a slightly different version of 七夕 called Tanabata has been celebrated for centuries, on July 7 (Gregorian calendar).^[94] It has been considered by Westerners as similar to St. Valentine's Day,^[95] but it's not related to it, and its origins are completely different.

Latin America

The Heart of the Milky Way, for Valentine's Day

In some Latin American countries Valentine's Day is known as "Día del Amor y la Amistad" (Day of Love and Friendship). For example Colombia,^[96] Costa Rica,^[97] the Dominican Republic,^{[citation needed]} Ecuador,^[98] Mexico,^[99] and Puerto Rico, as well as others. It is also common to see people perform "acts of appreciation" for their friends. In Guatemala it is known as the "Día del Cariño" (Affection Day).^[100] In Brazil, the Dia dos Namorados (lit. "Lovers' Day", or "Boyfriends'/Girlfriends' Day") is celebrated on June 12, probably because that is the day before Saint Anthony's day, known there as the marriage saint,^[101] when traditionally many single women perform popular rituals, called simpatias, in order to find a good husband or boyfriend. Couples exchange gifts, chocolates, cards and flower bouquets. The February 14th Valentine's Day is not celebrated at all because it usually falls too little before or too little after the Brazilian Carnival^[102] — that can fall anywhere from early February to early March and lasts almost a week. Because of the absence of Valentine's Day and due to the celebrations of the Carnivals, Brazil is a popular tourist spot during February for Western singles who want to get away from the holiday.^[103]
In most of Latin America the Día del amor y la amistad and the Amigo secreto ("Secret friend") are quite popular and are usually celebrated together on the 14th of February (one exception is Colombia, where it is celebrated on the third Saturday in September). The latter consists of randomly assigning to each participant a recipient who is to be given an anonymous gift (similar to the Christmas tradition of Secret Santa).

A chocolate gift box

Cup cake with hearts

Philippines

In the Philippines, Valentine's Day is called Araw ng mga Puso ("Hearts Day"), and is celebrated in much the same manner as in the West. It is usually marked by a steep increase in the price of flowers, particularly red roses.

Portugal

In Portugal it is more commonly referred to as "Dia dos Namorados" (Lover's Day / Day of the Enamoured).

Romania

In Romania, the traditional holiday for lovers is Dragobete, which is celebrated on February 24. It is named after a character from Romanian folklore who was supposed to be the son of Baba Dochia. Part of his name is the word drag ("dear"), which can also be found in the word dragoste ("love"). In recent years, Romania has also started celebrating Valentine's Day, despite already having Dragobete as a traditional holiday. This has drawn backlash from several groups, institutions^[104] and nationalist organizations like Noua Dreaptǎ, who condemn Valentine's Day for being superficial, commercialist and imported Western kitsch.

Scandinavia

In Denmark and Norway, although February 14 is known as Valentinsdag, it is not celebrated to a large extent, but is largely imported from American culture, and some people take time to eat a romantic dinner with their partner, to send a card to a secret love or give a red rose to their loved one. The cut-flower industry in particular is still working on promoting the holiday. In Sweden it is called Alla hjärtans dag ("All Hearts' Day") and was launched in the 1960s by the flower industry's commercial interests, and due to the influence of American culture. It is not an official holiday, but its celebration is recognized and sales of cosmetics and flowers for this holiday are only exceeded by those for Mother's Day.

Singapore

According to findings, Singaporeans are among the biggest spenders on Valentine's Day, with 60% of Singaporeans indicating that they would spend between $100 and $500 during the season leading up to the holiday.^[72]

South Korea

In South Korea, similar to Japan, women give chocolate to men on February 14, and men give non-chocolate candy to women on March 14 (White Day). On April 14 (Black Day), those who did not receive anything on 14 February or March go to a Korean restaurant to eat black noodles (자장면 jajangmyeon) and "mourn" their single life.^[90] Koreans also celebrate Pepero Day on November 11, when young couples give each other Pepero cookies. The date '11/11' is intended to resemble the long shape of the cookie. The 14th of every month marks a love-related day in Korea, although most of them are obscure. From January to December: Candle Day, Valentine's Day, White Day, Black Day, Rose Day, Kiss Day, Silver Day, Green Day, Music Day, Wine Day, Movie Day, and Hug Day.^[105] Korean women give a much higher amount of chocolate than Japanese women.^[90]

Spain

In Spain Valentine's Day is known as "San Valentín" and is celebrated the same way as in the UK, although in Catalonia it is largely superseded by similar festivities of rose and/or book giving on La Diada de Sant Jordi (Saint George's Day).

Taiwan

In Taiwan the situation is the reverse of Japan's. Men give gifts to women on Valentine's Day, and women return them on White Day.^[90]

Wales

In Wales, many people celebrate Dydd Santes Dwynwen (St Dwynwen's Day) on January 25 instead of (or as well as) Valentine's Day. The day commemorates St Dwynwen, the patron saint of Welsh lovers.

Conflict with Islamic countries and political parties

Iran

In the first part of the 21st century, the celebration of Valentine's Day in Iran has been harshly criticized by Islamic Teachers who see the celebrations as opposed to Islamic culture. In 2011, the Iranian printing works owners' union issued a directive banning the printing and distribution of any goods promoting the holiday, including cards, gifts and teddy bears. "Printing and producing any goods related to this day including posters, boxes and cards emblazoned with hearts or half-hearts, red roses and any activities promoting this day are banned... Outlets that violate this will be legally dealt with", the union warned.^[106][107]

Malaysia

Islamic officials in Malaysia warned Muslims against celebrating Valentine's Day, linking it with vice activities. Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the celebration of romantic love was "not suitable" for Muslims. Wan Mohamad Sheikh Abdul Aziz, head of the Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim), which oversees the country's Islamic policies said that a fatwa (ruling) issued by the country's top clerics in 2005 noted that the day 'is associated with elements of Christianity,' and 'we just cannot get involved with other religion's worshipping rituals.' Jakim officials planned to carry out a nationwide campaign called "Awas Jerat Valentine's Day" ("Mind the Valentine's Day Trap"), aimed at preventing Muslims from celebrating the day on 14 February 2011. Activities include conducting raids in hotels to stop young couples from having unlawful sex and distributing leaflets to Muslim university students warning them against the day.^[108][109]
On Valentine's Day 2011, Malaysian religious authorities arrested more than 100 Muslim couples concerning the celebration ban. Some of them would be charged in the Shariah Court for defying the department's ban against the celebration of Valentine's Day.^[110]

Pakistan

The concept of Valentine's Day was introduced into Pakistan during the late 1990s with special TV and radio programs. The Jamaat-e-Islami political party has called for the banning of Valentine's Day celebration.^[79] Despite this, the celebration is becoming popular among urban youth and the florists expect to sell a great amount of flowers, especially red roses. The case is the same with card publishers.^[111] However, the public at large still considers Valentine's Day to be opposed to Pakistani culture and Islamic teachings.^{[citation needed]}

Saudi Arabia

In Saudi Arabia, in 2002 and 2008, religious police banned the sale of all Valentine's Day items, telling shop workers to remove any red items, because the day is considered a Christian holiday.^[112][113] This ban has created a black market for roses and wrapping paper.^[113][114] In 2012 the religious police arrested more than 140 Muslims for celebrating the holiday, and confiscated all red roses from flower shops.^[115] Muslims are not allowed to celebrate the holiday, and non-Muslims can celebrate only behind closed doors.^[116]

Valentine Week Schedule

Valentine is not limited to a single day. It is now celebrated for a complete week with Valentine Day on 14th February. The week list includes:

1. Rose Day (Valentine Week – Day 1 | Celebrated on 7th February | Friday in 2014)
2. Propose Day (Valentine Week – Day 2 | Celebrated on 8th February | Saturday in 2014)
3. Chocolate Day (Valentine Week – Day 3 | Celebrated on 9th February | Sunday in 2014)
4. Teddy Bear Day (Valentine Week – Day 4 | Celebrated on 10th February | Monday in 2014)
5. Promise Day (Valentine Week – Day 5 | Celebrated on 11th February| Tuesday in 2014)
6. Kiss Day (Valentine Week – Day 6 | Celebrated on 12th February| Wednesday in 2014)
7. Hug Day (Valentine Week – Day 7 | Celebrated on 13th February| Thursday in 2014)
8. Valentine’s Day (Celebrated on 14th February | Friday in 2014)

Rose Day

The magical feeling of love is in the air. Valentines Day, the wonderful day of romance and joy is a bliss in the heart of those who are in love.
Rose Day Marks The Beginning Of The Valentines Week
With the beginning of the love month, February, Valentines Day always begins with the mark of the Rose Day which is celebrated today all over the world. Roses are given to a special one and to those who are near and dear to you to express the wonderful feeling of love. The fragrance of roses envelops the atmosphere on this day as the large number of youngsters give roses to propose their girlfriend, boyfriend, relative and friend.
This Rose Day, visit a beautiful bouquet near you and wrap up some fine roses and present it to the one who dearly love. Also celebrate the beginning of Valentines Day with your loved one by making her a lovely rose chocolates to present to her on this Rose Day making her feel ever so special.
Another way of wishing your loved one on this Rose Day is by sending flowers online, If you cannot afford it then you can simply wish him/ her through the social networking sites Twitter and Facebook.
Valentines Day gift ideas are in plenty and to make your loved one feel special , get him/her something special this year, plus, do not forget to make note of the Valentine Week so that you can surprise your sweetheart.

Propose day

Propose day of the Valentine Week is the second day and this year (2012) being a leap year is said to be auspicious for the woman who proposes the man. To get friendly, to drop innocent hints, to catch up some time alone are easy tasks but proposing has been a Hercules task for every girl and boy since ages. “I Love You”, these three words, are more then just words.
Crushes and infatuations may happen more than once but love happen once and remains with you till your last breath. This sentence often used in movie’s do hold a truth and if lately you have been intoxicated in love with a person, then the Propose Day is the best day to confess your feelings.
A face which you never forget, a laughter whose sound haunts you all the time and a smile which makes your heart flutter, is the person of your dreams. On propose day, just speak your heart out and to master in the art of confession on this propose day, here are some proposing ideas -
1.Take that someone special to the location you’ll had first met. A proposal amidst all the golden memories is the most romantic way of confession.
2.The larger than life date which we laughter at when we see in movies is basically a dream we all want to come true for us. Thus, make the dream of your loved one come true. Plan the day as a dream. Exotic location, full of surprises and a treatment like a king or a queen, is the best way to propose.
3.Proposing is more difficult when it is among long time friends. To graduate from friends to lovers is a difficult decision and to make the situation fun, propose amidst the crowd. This adds authenticity to your decision of your relationship.
So how should you propose? There are certain rules that you must keep in mind while giving vent to your heart felt emotions.

Just say it
If you really love a person, just let them know. It is better to have said it and lost than not have said at all. Who knows, you might get the gift of reciprocation or even if you don’t, at least you will be glad you got it out of your heart. Though it pains when the other person responds with a ‘no’, at least you can move on and find yourself someone else.
Say it in style
Who says going down on your knees is cliché now? Girls still love it, and even boys would be flattered to the core if the girls give it a try. There is nothing that makes you as happy as the sight of your beloved begging you for love, on knees with a rose in hand.
Give a hint
It’s better to give a hint beforehand, than to shock your love interest. So, before you finally decide to propose, you must give a prior hint that you are planning to express your feelings and looking forward to a positive response.
Bring a gift
All of us love gifts, and there should be one to mark this special day too. Bring anything, from rose to soft toys and from chocolates to accessories. It would really make a difference!
Accept it with grace
Don’t cry, yell or be upset if you got a ‘no’ in reply. Everyone has a right on his feelings and it can be possible that the person you adore so much simply looks upon you as a friend. So what? Love is sublime. It can exist even without any social tag. Be brave and magnanimous, laugh it off and move one. There would be a propose day, next year too!!!

Propose Day SMS:
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them. Forever yours…your Valentine.
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No poems no fancy words I just want the world to know that I LOVE YOU my Princess with all my heart. Happy Valentines Day.
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My eyes are blind without your eyes to see, Like a rose without color. Always be there in my life sweetheart.
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U r unique
U r caring and
U r the Best.And I am d luckiest to have U in my life!
Happy Valentine’s Day my sweet heart!
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Love puts the fun in together, the sad in apart, and the joy in a heart.
Happy Valentines Day my love.
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If I could die early I would ask God if I could be your guardian angel, so I could wrap my wings around you and embrace you whenever you feel alone.
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Let’s share the world
A sea is for you, and waves are for me.
The sky is for you, and stars are for me.
The sun is for you, and light is for me.
Everything is for you, and you are for me.
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Sometimes we make love with our eyes.
Sometimes we make love with our hands.
Sometimes we make love with our bodies.
Always we make love with our hearts.
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Here is my heart, it is yours so take it,
Treat it gently, please do not break it.
Its full of love thats good and true,
So please keep it always close to u.
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Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart. As we are, Happy Valentines Day sweetheart.
Miss You SMS:
Within you I lose myself…
Without you I find myself
Wanting to be lost again.
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If u wanna know how much I miss you,
Try to catch rain drops,
The ones u catch is how much u miss me,and the ones you miss is how much I miss
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Memories sometimes behave in a crazy way. They leave u alone, when u are in a crowd & when u are alone they stand along with u like a crowd.
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Your absence has gone through meLike thread through a needleEverything I do is stitched with its color.
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In School, They Taught Me That
1 hour = 60 Mints
1 Min = 60 Secs
But They Never Told Me That
1 Sec Without You = 100 Years:
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Life is so short, so fast the lone hours fly,
We ought to be together, you and I.
Miss you every hour and every moment of everyday sweetheart
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When the sky looks blue “I Miss u” when the dreams come true “I Miss u” when the flowers are covered with dew “I Miss u” when the day comes new “I Miss u”
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I dropped a tear in the ocean. The day you find it is the day I will stop missing you.
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I heard someone whisper your name, but when I turned to see who it was, I noticed it was alone, then realized it was my heart beat telling me “I MISS U”
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In the hope to meet
Shortly again, and make our absence sweet.
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Missing you gets easier every day because even though it’s one day further from the last time we saw each other, it’s one day closer to the next time we will.
Love SMS:
If you wake up 1 day and were asked to have a wish, what would it be? Mine would be that our love would last until you see an apple in an orange tree
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I finally got my past, present and future tenses correct today. I loved you. I love you. I will love you forever! .
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Soul-mates are people who bring out the best in you. They are not perfect but are always perfect for you. This is for you, my soul mate who is the the love of my life.
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Love is a symbol of eternity. It wipes out all sense of time, destroying all memory of a beginning and all fear of an end. Love you forever.
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What I need to live has been given to me by the earth. Why I need to live has been given to me by you. I love you.
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If Your asking if I Need U the answer is 4Ever
If Your asking if I’ll Leave U the answer is Never
If Your asking what I value the Answer is U
if Your asking if I love U the answer is I do.
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I have fallen in love many times…. always with you. It happened again now my love.
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The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart. As my love for you..
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If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden of love.
Propose SMS:
If I reached for your hand , will u hold it ?
If I hold out my arms, will u hug me ?
If I go for your lips, will u kiss me ?
If I capture ur heart , will u love me ??
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The minute I heard my first love story
I started looking for you, not knowinghow blind that was.
Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere.
They’re in each other all along.
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As days go by, my feelings get stronger,
To be in ur arms, I can’t wait any longer.
Look into my eyes & u’ll see that it’s true,
Day & Night my thoughts r of U..
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What greater thing is there for two human souls that
to feel that they are joined…
to strengthen each other…
to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.
Let us make memories of a lifetime
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 I never saw so sweet a face

As that I stood before.
My heart has left its dwelling place
And can return no more.
Be with me forever.
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All I wanted was sum1 2 care 4 me
All I wanted was sum1 who’d b there 4 me
All I ever wanted was sum1 who’d b true
All I ever wanted was sum1 like U…
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Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
Will you spend the rest of your life with me?
Kiss SMS:
If a kiss was a raindrop i’d send u showers.
If a hug was a second i’d send u hours.
If a smile was water i’d send u a sea.
If love was a person i’d send u me…..
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A kiss can be a comma, a question mark or an exclamation point.
That’s basic spelling that every woman ought to know.
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How did it happen that our lips came together?
How does it happen that birds sing,
that snow melts, that the rose unfolds, that the dawn whitens
behind the shapes of trees on the quivering summit of the hill?
A kiss, and all was said.
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Your kisses leave something to be desired… the rest of you.
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I ran up the door, opened the stairs, said my pajamas and put on my prayers – turned off my bed, tumbled into my light, and all because you kissed me good-night!
Hindi Love SMS:
Ager Zindagi mai judai na hoti
To kabhi kisi ki yaad aai na hoti
Sath hi guzarta her lamha to shayaed
Rishton mai yeh gehrai na hoti….
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Aap ki yaad mai sab kuch bhulaye baithe hain, Chiraag khushiyon k bujhaye baithe hain… Hum to marenge aap ki baahon main, Yeh bhi maut se shart lagaye baithe hain…
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Jab b ye dil udaas hota hai
Jane kon aas pass hota hai
Kissi ko dundti hai ye nazar
Kissi k na hone ka ahsaas hota hai
Jo roze kare mujh ko SMS pyare
wo shakas b bada khaas hota hai
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Hum tere sath chalenge tu chale na chale,
tera har dard sahenge tu kahe ya na kahe,
hum chahte hai ki tum sada khush raho,
hum chahe rahe ya na rahe..

Propose Day SMS with Humor
Boy: Would You Mind Sharing Your Address With Me
Girl: Why
Boy: Because That Is Where I would take my marriage vows one day
Propose Day SMS For Die Hard Romantics
When I hear You
My Heart Soars High
When I See You
I know the Reason Why
So Let Me Hold Your Hand & Make You Mine
For That Would Intoxicate Me Like Sweet Wine…
Propose Day SMS for College Students
I Love You For Not What You Are But What I become when I am there with You. SO be with me forever.
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Propose Day SMS for Youth’s
Come sunshine or showers
Come good time or bad
I will always be there to cheer you up
Or just to hold your hand and say
I know How you feel and I care
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Excuse me, do you have a band aid,
because i scrapped my knee
when i fell in love with you
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I am opening an emotional bank account for u sweetheart
So deposit your love in it and you will get the interest.
Be my Valentine !
Happy Propose Day
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As days go by, my feelings get stronger,
To be in your arms, I can’t wait any longer.
Look into my eyes & you’ll see that it’s true,
Day & Night my thought r for U..
“Happy Propose Day”
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I have Spent Many Sleepless Nights,
In Your Love And i don’t want,
My Son 2 Do same 4 Your Daughter,
So lets make them Brother And Sister …
“Happy Propose Day”
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Chocolate Day

Chocolate day celebrated on February 9th is a part of the countdown to the Valentine’s Day. The 3rd day of Valentine’s week is celebrated as Chocolate Day.
“Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies.” – John Q. Tullius and thus, a whole day dedicated to the wonderful creation of chocolates makes complete sense but why chocolate Day in Valentine Week? or why chocolate is related to Valentine’s Day? cannot be said definitely.
There is another Chocolate day on July 7th and the National Chocolate Day on October 28th. Whatever the reason be, in a year we have at least three wonderful days to indulge in chocolates. Just blame it on the day!Today world is celebrating chocolate day on 9th February. It is the third day of Valentine week on way to much awaited Valentine’s Day. The chocolate day is the one very special day in the valentine week where one gives chocolate to his/her beloved. So what are your plans and whom you are celebrating with, this chocolate day, which chocolate u will give. You can choose from dairy milk, Brown Pudding, Cadbury’s Marble, Cadbury’s Fudge, Butterfinger, Caramel Crunch,, kitkat, perk and 5 star for your soul mate.

Some Chocolate Day SMS Messages:
This is a chocolate message,
For a dairy milk person,
From a five star friend,
For a melody reason,
And a kitkat time,
On a munch day,
In a perk mood to say,
Happy Chocolate Day..
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If you are a chocolate you are the sweetest,
If you are a Teddy Bear you are the most huggable,
If you are a Star you are the Brightest,
And, Since u r my “FRIEND” u r the “BEST”!!
Each chocolate is like a portion of life…
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Life is like a chocolate box,
Each chocolate is like a portion of life,
Some are crunchy, some r nutty,

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Today is chocolate day,
Dairy milk 4 love,
Perk for friends,
Kit Kat for best friends,
Polo for hatred,
And mentos for cool persons,
what do you choose 4 me,
Reply is must….
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Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate chocolate!
It will make you jump with joy; it will make you act so coy!
chocolate, chocolate, chocolate chocolate chocolate,
Pay for the choclate with every last penny, and buy so many and many!
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If u r a chocolate u r the sweetest,
if u r a Teddy Bear u r the most huggable,
If u are a Star u r the Brightest,
and since u r my FRIEND u r the BEST!
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This is a chocolate message,
For a dairy milk person,
From a five star friend,
For a melody reason,
And a kitkat time,
On a munch day,
In a perk mood to say,
Happy Chocolate Day
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This is a chocolate message, For a dairy milk person,
From a five star friend,
For a melody reason,
And a kitkat time,
On a munch day,
In a perk mood to say, Happy Chocolate Day..

Teddy Bear Day

Awe, teddy bears are her’s best friends – right? So, don’t forget to send a gift – a soft and sweet teddy on Teddy Day on 10th February.

Don’t forget to send a teddy bear to your loved ones on Teddy Day. Every girl loves and likes teddy bears (soft toy) very much, and they always keep them in their bedroom with sweet good memories.

Promise Day

Ek Baar Jo Maine Commitment Kar Li, To Phir Main Apne Aap Ki Bhi Nahi Sunta! – Make a true promise to her/him and show the importance of that promise on Promise Day on 11th February.

This day has its own importance as one gets the sense of security by receiving lots of promises and commitments from one’s partner. Make some new promises and try to fulfill old ones to concrete your relationship. “Promise little and do much.

Kiss Day

Ummaahh.. Its a Kiss Day, when there is the shortest distance between partners. On 13th February, kiss your partner for a long and if you don’t know how to kiss then watch out any Emraan Hashmi’s movie.

On Kiss Day, kiss your girl or boy friend to express your love. A kiss is the shortest distance between two and A kiss is something you cannot give without taking and cannot take without giving. But don’t forget to eat some mouth freshener!

Hug Day

A warm and tight hug can express your support, love and care for you partner. So, give a tight Jaadu Ki Jhappi to your love on Hug Day on 12th February.

Now Its Hug Day, Send a warm hug to your friends and wish them Hug Day. Hug your partner or friend (girl/boy) tightly. Hugs are an important expression of affection. Just take it slow and steady and show your partner that how much you love, care and support him/her.

Valentine Day History

The St. Valentine’s Day is recognized worldwide as the day to declare your love, celebrate it with all the person that you care for. This is the day marked as the most romantic day of the whole year which gives couples an official reason to celebrate their union for each other though eternity. You will find nowadays, people filled with enthusiasm over buying gifts, chocolates, cards, flowers etc. for their loved ones. But if you think that Valentine’s Day is another phenomena generated by the greeting card companies to cash in on another festival thereby you are wrong. You can trace back the routes of Saint Valentine’s Day right till the ancient Roman Empire. There are many legends in fact known to be around since that time which reflects upon one or more reason for the existence of this romantic day.

Saint Valentine’s Day or Valentine’s Day is a very popular holiday celebrated on 14th February by many people all around the world. The entire festival is about spreading and receiving the message of love and affection. There is mutual exchange of cards and love notes along with social gatherings and get-togethers. Different regions have their own customs and traditions of observing the festival. However, the basic concept remains the same and that is dwell in the saga of true and unending love. The history of Valentine’s Day however, has been a mystery till date. No one till present knows the correct information about the history and origin of Valentine’s Day. There are a number of legends surrounding the same. Most of these stories have been passed on through the generations. Hence, there is bound to be some additions and deletions. We bring you various legends regarding the mysterious past of Valentine’s Day.

History & Origin of Valentine’s Day
One of the most popular stories is that Valentine was one of the early Christians in those days when danger and death went hand in hand. He was detained for helping some Christians who were trying to escape from the prisons where they were tortured like animals. Valentine was hauled before the Emperor of Rome and was ordered to be put in jail. There, he alleviated the jail keeper’s daughter of loss of sight. When the pitiless emperor came to know about this phenomenon, he gave orders of beheading Valentine. He is said to have sent the keeper’s daughter a farewell message signed, “from your Valentine”, morning of the execution.

Another legend and a paradox is that three Saint Valentines have been mentioned in the early list of martyrs under the date of 14th February. One is supposed to be a priest in Rome, another is said to be the Bishop of Interamna (now in Italy) and the third one lived and died in Africa. The Bishop of Interamna is the most popular modern Saint. He was a Christian martyr who lived in northern Italy and was martyred on 14th February around the third century following the orders of Emperor Claudius for breaching the outlaw on Christianity. Despite the fact that Valentine of Interamna and Valentine of Rome have different entries in martyrologies and biographies, most scholars deem they are the same person.
One of the foremost and moist valid facts that comes to mind when thinking about Valentine’s Day is the assassination of Saint Valentine in 269 AD by Roman emperor Claudius II. Valentine’s Day History narrates the story like this. In 2nd century AD, the Roman emperor Claudius II gave a very undignified order by banishing the marriages between young couples. It was his thinking that unmarried soldiers fared better in war than the married ones. This law was clearly defied by Saint Valentine who was a God fearing man and took it upon himself to marry off the couples secretly. When the Emperor heard about it, he had Saint Valentine beheaded in 269 AD.
It was also said that while in jail, Valentine fell in love with the jailor, Asterius’s daughter and in his last love note to her he signed it as ‘From Your Valentine’. Perhaps the tradition of signing your love letters to your beloved from your valentine caught up from that. In 469 AD, Pope Galesius awarded Valentine with the title of sainthood. The ancient Roman festival i.e. Lupercalia which celebrated in honour of the Roman Goddess Juno was also renamed to be known as Saint Valentine’s Day.
There have been periods of celebrating this Valentine’s Day in medieval times too. In the 1600, UK celebrated its first ever Valentine’s Day on 14th of February. From 1750, the tradition of sending handwritten love notes, greeting cards, chocolates, flowers came into focus which gained momentum till now. You will find couples all over the world wishing their beloved with special messages, gifts and other such special nothings on the Valentine’s Day to mark the spirit of this day!