Saint Valentine’s Day is a holiday that loved ones celebrate to show their love and appreciation for their significant other. They show this by giving gifts Such as jewelry, candy, teddy bears, and other cheesy mementos. This holiday takes place annually on February 14th. Valentine’s Day was originally made for a Christian martyr, dating all the way back to the 5th century. The origins of Valentine’s Day is from the Roman holiday Lupercalia, which is known as the fertility festival dedicated to the horned god of the forest named Faunus. The festival also was in honor of the roman founders Romulus and Remus.
In addition, Valentine’s Day originally started to become a romance holiday during the high middle ages. At first the holiday wasn’t always about going out on a date, buying your partner expensive presents. The holiday was actually about lovers giving each other flowers and the start of mating season for birds. In France and England it was believed that February 14th was the start of birds mating season. This started the belief that Valentine’s Day should become about romance. In Europe, lovers can also give each other a key that is called the Saint Valentines Key. This key is presented to your lover as an invitation to unlock their heart and their love.
Others may believe that Valentine’s Day started and originally came from the Roman god Cupid. Cupid is a son of Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. Cupid is known as being able to cause people to fall in love by shooting an arrow at them. Once you have been shot with an arrow you will fall hopelessly and madly in love with the next person you meet. Cupid believed this because he thought love was blind and you can’t help who you fall in love with. Cupid thought this because his mother Venus wanted him to get revenge on a woman from Roman mythology named Physce. Cupid did not know that he was going to fall in love with Physce, but unfortunately for his mother, Cupid fell in love with the woman he was not supposed to like. In conclusion, Valentine’s Day is a traditional holiday that is celebrated all around the world for many centuries.