Valentine Traditions, Happy Valentine Day

The Valentine Day is celebrated the world over as the day of lovers but have you ever thought that what are the traditions associated with this day. Fourteenth February is synonymous with celebrating love and today it has many underlying features which are similar across the globe. For instance exchange of love notes and sending the loved one flower and gifts has become quite common. Over the ages however different traditions have evolved keeping with the local customs of the region. Here we give you a regional flavor of how Valentine was celebrated or is even today celebrated in keeping with these unique Valentine customs.

In Ancient Rome Valentine day was the day of drawing of names of young girls and boys and pairing them up with each other for the rest of the year. Subsequently the Young lads use to fall in love with each other and afterwards get married. This was indeed a fine custom of finding maidens for young men as the rules about their meeting up were strict. In 17th century England Valentine Day was celebrated by giving sweets and candies to young children by St Valentine. The kids dress up as young adults and sing poetic verses on the streets wishing the Saint such as:

Good morning to you, valentine
Curl your locks as I do mine
Two before and three behind
Good morning to you, valentine.

In America in the 17th and 18th century the tradition of sending love notes was followed religiously on this day. With time the tradition has transformed into sending greeting cards and e-greetings in keeping with modern times. In Italy Valentines Day was traditionally celebrated as spring festival. On this day people gathered in beautiful gardens and recited poetry and subsequently went for a stroll with their loved one. However with fast paced lives of people this valentine tradition is somewhere lost. In Spain the simple tradition of sending flowers to your wife or girlfriend and gifts to your husband or boyfriend is essential. Many of these customs are lost somewhere in the modern times but it would be interesting to celebrate Valentines Day in keeping with these customs.

	We all celebrate Valentines Day in keeping with the modern times but find here what are the traditions involved with this day.
	Valentines Day » Valentine Traditions The Valentine Day is celebrated the world over as the day of lovers but have you ever thought that what are the traditions associated with this day. Fourteenth February is synonymous with celebrating love and today it has many underlying features which are similar across the globe. For instance exchange of love notes and sending the loved one flower and gifts has become quite common. Over the ages however different traditions have evolved keeping with the local customs of the region. Here we give you a regional flavor of how Valentine was celebrated or is even today celebrated in keeping with these unique Valentine customs. In Ancient Rome Valentine day was the day of drawing of names of young girls and boys and pairing them up with each other for the rest of the year. Subsequently the Young lads use to fall in love with each other and afterwards get married. This was indeed a fine custom of finding maidens for young men as the rules about their meeting up were strict. In 17th century England Valentine Day was celebrated by giving sweets and candies to young children by St Valentine. The kids dress up as young adults and sing poetic verses on the streets wishing the Saint such as: Good morning to you, valentine Curl your locks as I do mine Two before and three behind Good morning to you, valentine. In America in the 17th and 18th century the tradition of sending love notes was followed religiously on this day. With time the tradition has transformed into sending greeting cards and e-greetings in keeping with modern times. In Italy Valentines Day was traditionally celebrated as spring festival. On this day people gathered in beautiful gardens and recited poetry and subsequently went for a stroll with their loved one. However with fast paced lives of people this valentine tradition is somewhere lost. In Spain the simple tradition of sending flowers to your wife or girlfriend and gifts to your husband or boyfriend is essential. Many of these customs are lost somewhere in the modern times but it would be interesting to celebrate Valentines Day in keeping with these customs.