Valentine's Day originated from Saint Valentine, a Roman priest who secretly married couples when it was banned by Emperor Claudius II. On February 14th, Valentine was arrested and killed for disobeying the marriage ban. Before his death, he sent a farewell love letter signed "from your Valentine". Today, Valentine's Day traditions include exchanging greeting cards, gifts of flowers, chocolate and teddy bears, as well as poems often starting with "Roses are red, violets are blue".

1. Valentine's Day
in England
14th February

2. Who is Saint Valentine?
• A Roman priest in the 3rd Century.
• Emperor Claudius II banned marriage
because he believed married men were bad
soldiers.
• Valentine secretly married couples.
• When Claudius found out, Valentine was
arrested and killed.
• Before he was killed he sent a love letter
signed “from your Valentine”

3. Typical Symbols
• Greeting cards
• Hearts
• Red roses
• Cupid

4. Traditions
• Greeting cards to boyfriends
and girlfriends.
• Anonymous greeting cards.
• A lot of people like to get
married or propose on
Valentines Day.
• Romance novels and films.

5. Gifts
• Some people buy gifts like:
- chocolate
- flowers
- balloons
- teddy bears
• Others make a nice gesture
like:
- cook a meal or go out for
dinner
- go on a weekend trip

6. Poetry
• Its typical for poems to be inside greetings
cards.
• Some people write their own love poems.
• A typical British poem starts
with:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Roses are red, I love chocolate,
More than you.
Violets are blue…….

7. Valentine's Vocabulary…
• Date:
- When a boy and girl go out (to the cinema, for
dinner etc.)
• Double date:
- When 2 couples go out together.
• Blind date:
- A date arranged by a friend when you have not
met the other person.

8. Valentine's Vocabulary…
• To have a crush on somebody:
-To like somebody.
• To chat somebody up:
-To talk to someone with the hope of starting a
relationship.
• To break/split up:
- To end a relationship
• To dump somebody
- To break up with somebody.