Valentines Day for all

Just a month is left for Valentine's Day. It's better to start planning much before to have a most memorable romantic day with your sweetheart. Valentine's Day, though one of the most popular event without any religious undertone, has received the brickbats from many anti-valentine groups. Valentine's day may be criticized for various reasons but I like this event. I agree 365 days or rather 366 days (in case of a leap year) should be Valentine's day as love is always in the air but what's wrong in celebrating just one day in a special way? We have so many days dedicated to so many things, why not a day dedicated to love, the most precious of anything in the world. I think most of you know the history of Valentine's Day but still I feel like sharing it with you all.

The most well known legend is that there was a priest St. Valentine, the priest in the third century Rome, defied the rule of Roman Emperor Claudius Two and brought the wrath of the emperor upon him. Claudius Two outlawed marriage for young men so that they can serve the emperor's army better. But St. Valentine secretly helped the young couples to get married which led to his imprisonment and order of his death by the Emperor. Another story is of the unrequited love of the priest St. Valentine who fall in love with the jailer's daughter during the imprisonment. Before his death he wrote a letter to his love and at then end of letter wrote "From your Valentine". Although there is no conclusive evidence to decide about the authenticity of the stories but the myths certainly emphasizes St. Valentine as a heroic, sympathetic and above all a romantic figure.

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