Learn American Holidays Valentines Day
hi everyone I’m Alisha Valentine’s Day
is a very popular holiday in the United
States it’s centered on romance and is a
heavily commercialized holiday as well
during this time of year married couples
partners and sweethearts are encouraged
to go out to dinner spend some romantic
time together and generally acknowledge
the importance of one another in each
other’s lives this holiday is celebrated
on February 14th every year Valentine’s
Day is associated with a particular type
of love from the high middle ages do you
know what that type of love is called
we’ll show you the answer at the end of
this video
valentine’s Day is among other things a
day when one partner is encouraged to
essentially court their partner as they
would before they were dating or married
presenting a wife lover or girlfriend or
boyfriend with flowers candy and other
romantic gifts is a huge part of
Valentine’s Day traditions in the United
States during this particular holiday
the most romantic restaurants in any
city will generally be booked solid
Valentine’s Day is very important
commercially in the United States due to
the traditional gifts that sweethearts
and married couples give one another
this is particularly true of the floral
industry as giving one special someone
red roses on this day is more or less
expected clothing jewelry food and other
items are also popularly given to
sweethearts and spouses on this day for
some couples Valentine’s Day is when one
member of the couple goes overboard to
spoil the other and is delighted to do
so Valentine’s Day celebrations can be
very innocent in addition to being
romantic in schools in the United States
children are quite frequently encouraged
to make and exchange Valentines
Mora’s gestures of friendship than
anything else this allows everybody to
get in on the fun in some cases people
in the United States who are currently
single will do something special for a
friend who means a great deal to them
and to whom they want to express
affection even though it’s not romantic
affection
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Valentine’s Day cards are among the most
impressive pieces of artwork associated
with this holiday antique Valentine’s
Day cards can fetch handsome prices from
collectors due to their intricacy and
their sometimes very imaginative artwork
and now here’s the answer to the quiz do
you know what type of love is associated
with Valentine’s Day from the high
middle ages Valentine’s Day has strong
associations with what was called
courtly love in the High Middle Ages
this was a highly ritualized form of
romantic love where each partner was
expected to do particular things to
express their appreciation for one
another how is this lesson did you learn
something interesting what Valentine’s
Day traditions exist in your country if
any please leave a comment in English
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