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[quote=MISHEN                  ,20677]Haha - there's some interesting things about the history of Valentine's day you might like to know.It's based on the Roman feast of Lupercalia, on which day men and women who didn't know each other were paired randomly for feasting and for naughty games. The name "February' comes from the word 'febris' which means 'passionate fever', and that comes from the feeling of this sexy festival...St Valentine was chosen by the church to be the representative for this romantic day to change the festival into a Christian one - but for centuries, lovers were still paired by random exchange of cards, like a lottery or game - not by their choice! In some places, these pairs would become boyfriend and girlfriend for one year - marrying if the relationship was successful. It used to be that both man and woman had to exchange gifts on that day, but a couple of hundred years ago, this was changed to make only the man give a gift - so the men, angry about giving expensive gifts to strangers, started only giving them to women they chose.In America, men delivered Valentine's letters by hand because postage was too expensive! Maybe American guys are just not romantic...But why roses? Simple - for centuries, each different colour of different kinds of rose has been made to represent a different meaning. Yellow is for friendship. White is for purity or secrecy. Pink is for happiness. And red? Passionate love. Sending a red rose on Vaentine's day means one thing - I LOVE YOU![/quote]

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