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St. Valentines Day Elementary

What are the symbols of Valentines Day? Can you draw three symbols and label them?

Cross out two linking words which do not fit.

The origins of valentines
In the 14 century, people in England and France associated St. Valentine's Day with romantic love,
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[as / but / because] they believed that February 14 was the day on which birds paired off to mate.
During that period lovers often exchanged notes on this day. [However / Moreover / Also], they
called each other their Valentines. Many legends about St. Valentine come from this period.

Complete the text with the words in the box.

annual inspiration received shortly stationery

The first valentines in the US

In the US, Esther A. Howland produced and sold the first mass-produced valentines (a)__________
after 1847. She (b)__________ an English valentine and took her (c)__________ from it. She sold
the cards in her fathers large (d)__________ shop. Since 2001, the Greeting Card Association has
been giving an (e) __________ Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary.

Connect the words in bold with their synonyms below.

Valentine Cards Nowadays
(a) Nowadays mass-produced cards are more popular to the hand-written notes. The Greeting Card
Association (b) estimates that people around the world send (c) approximately 1 billion valentine
cards (d) each year. Women (e) purchase approximately 85% of all valentines. Thus, St.
Valentines Day is the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, just behind Christmas.

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Did you draw in Task any of the symbols below? If, yes put a tick () next to them.
Cupid (with a bow and
arrows) a red heart a valentine card
a heart-shaped box of
a bouquet of roses chocolates a diamond ring

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