British Holidays Valentines Day
hi everyone I’m Gina 14th of February is
Valentine’s Day and it is an opportunity
to show your loved ones how much you
care for them in this lesson you’re
going to learn about Valentine’s Day in
the UK roughly how much to the British
public spend on Valentine’s Day each
year we’ll show you the answer at the
end of this video
Valentine’s Day used to be a day to
admit to your love for someone with an
anonymous card instead of signing the
card with your name people would sign
with either a question mark or the words
from your secret admirer although this
still happens it is now more common to
be upfront with your feelings
Valentine’s Day comes from st. Valentine
who is widely thought to be a third
century Saint that died on the 14th of
February however it is possible that
there are two st. Valentine’s that are
linked to this day the second st.
Valentine died in the second century and
is also said to have died on the 14th of
February as well as Valentine’s Day
cards people also buy gifts for their
loved ones popular gifts include
chocolates flowers or stuffed toys
holding Valentine’s Day hearts or
flowers anyone can give presents but
there is a higher expectation placed on
men to buy good gifts for their
girlfriends and vice versa on
Valentine’s Day
although Valentine’s Day is
traditionally a day for lovers it is
also a day to express your feelings to
anyone that you love parents may send
cards to their children and you can even
buy Valentine’s Day cards to your pets
and now I’ll give you the answer to the
earlier quiz roughly how much the the
British public spent on Valentine’s Day
each year in 2011 it was calculated that
the British public’s spend around five
hundred and three million pounds on
Valentine’s Day cards and gifts each
year that can buy a lot of chocolates
and flowers how was this lesson did you
learn something interesting do you have
a special day for lovers in your country
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