British Holidays - Valentine's Day

hi everyone I'm Gina 14th of February is Valentine's Day and it is an opportunity

to show your loved ones how much you care for them in this lesson you're

going to learn about Valentine's Day in the UK roughly how much to the British

public spend on Valentine's Day each year we'll show you the answer at the

end of this video Valentine's Day used to be a day to

admit to your love for someone with an anonymous card instead of signing the

card with your name people would sign with either a question mark or the words

from your secret admirer although this still happens it is now more common to

be upfront with your feelings Valentine's Day comes from st. Valentine

who is widely thought to be a third century Saint that died on the 14th of

February however it is possible that there are two st. Valentine's that are

linked to this day the second st. Valentine died in the second century and

is also said to have died on the 14th of February as well as Valentine's Day

cards people also buy gifts for their loved ones popular gifts include

chocolates flowers or stuffed toys holding Valentine's Day hearts or

flowers anyone can give presents but there is a higher expectation placed on

men to buy good gifts for their girlfriends and vice versa on

Valentine's Day

although Valentine's Day is traditionally a day for lovers it is

also a day to express your feelings to anyone that you love parents may send

cards to their children and you can even buy Valentine's Day cards to your pets

and now I'll give you the answer to the earlier quiz roughly how much the the

British public spent on Valentine's Day each year in 2011 it was calculated that

the British public's spend around five hundred and three million pounds on

Valentine's Day cards and gifts each year that can buy a lot of chocolates

and flowers how was this lesson did you learn something interesting do you have

a special day for lovers in your country leave us a comment at English class

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