Valentine storyupdate

Valentine storyupdate

• 1.
  What is Valentine'sday? Why do we celebrate it?
• 2.
  Valentine's Day iscelebrated every year on the 14 th February. How do we celebrate it?
• 3.
  Valentine is thename of a person who lived long long ago. We don’t know exactly what he looked like but this is what he might have looked like.
• 4.
  This is thestory of Valentine and how he became so special that he has a day named after him. Valentine lived over 1000 years ago. We don’t know if this story is true but some people think it is.
• 5.
  Long long agothere was an Emperor called Claudius. He lived in Rome in a big palace.
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  Claudius wanted lotsof men to join his army and go and fight in different countries.
• 7.
  Most men didnot want to fight wars because it meant leaving their wives and families.
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  This made Claudiusvery angry so he decided to make a new rule that people could not get married. He thought if men did not have wives and children then they would want to join his army.
• 9.
  Valentine was apriest. One of his jobs was to marry people. Even though Claudius had banned people from getting married, Valentine would marry people secretly – sometimes at night, whispering so no one would hear them.
• 10.
  Valentine was caughtand sent to prison. Claudius said Valentine must be killed because he broke the law.
• 11.
  When people heardwhat had happened to Valentine they felt very sad. Some people threw flowers and notes up to his prison window.
• 12.
  One of theprison guards had a daughter. He let her visit Valentine. They talked for hours and became very good friends.
• 13.
  On the daythat Valentine died. He sent a message to his friend thanking her for her friendship. He signed it ... from your Valentine. It was the 14 th February.
• 14.
  Now every yearon 14 th February people send Valentine cards to people they love and care for. Sometimes they want it to be a secret so they sign it, From your Valentine
• 15.
  Valentine’s Happy DayTo you all Eve batten 11.2.08