Valentine’s Day may come from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia. 36the fierce wolves r

Valentine’s Day may e from the ancient Roman feast of Lupercalia.   36  the fierce wolves roamed nearby, the old Romans called   37  the god Lupercus to help them. A festival in his   38  was held on February 15th. On the eve of the festival the   39  of the girls were written on   40  of paper and placed in jars. Each young man   41  a slip. The girl whose name was   42  was to be his sweetheart for the year.
Legend   43  it that the holiday became Valentine’s Day   44  a Roman bishop named Valentine. Emperor Claudius II   45  the Roman soldiers NOT to marry or bee engaged. Claudius felt married soldiers would   46  stay home than fight. When Valentine   47  the Emperor and secretly married the young couples, he was put to death on February 14th, the   48  of Lupercalia. After his death, Valentine became a   49 . Christian bishop moved the holiday from the 15th to the 14th—Valentine’s Day. Now the holiday honors Valentine   50  of Lupercus.
Valentine’s Day has bee a major   51  of love and romance in the modern world. The ancient god Cupid and his   52  into a lover’s heart may still be used to   53  falling in love or being in love. But we also use cards and gifts, such as flowers or jewelry, to do this.   54  to give flower to a wife or sweetheart on Valentine’s Day can sometimes be as   55  as forgetting a birthday or a wedding anniversary.
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