British Holidays - Valentine's Day

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hi everyone I'm Gina 14th of February is Valentine's Day and it is an opportunity
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to show your loved ones how much you care for them in this lesson you're
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going to learn about Valentine's Day in the UK roughly how much to the British
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public spend on Valentine's Day each year we'll show you the answer at the
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end of this video Valentine's Day used to be a day to
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admit to your love for someone with an anonymous card instead of signing the
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card with your name people would sign with either a question mark or the words
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from your secret admirer although this still happens it is now more common to
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be upfront with your feelings Valentine's Day comes from st. Valentine
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who is widely thought to be a third century Saint that died on the 14th of
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February however it is possible that there are two st. Valentine's that are
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linked to this day the second st. Valentine died in the second century and
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is also said to have died on the 14th of February as well as Valentine's Day
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cards people also buy gifts for their loved ones popular gifts include
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chocolates flowers or stuffed toys holding Valentine's Day hearts or
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flowers anyone can give presents but there is a higher expectation placed on
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men to buy good gifts for their girlfriends and vice versa on
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Valentine's Day
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although Valentine's Day is traditionally a day for lovers it is
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also a day to express your feelings to anyone that you love parents may send
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cards to their children and you can even buy Valentine's Day cards to your pets
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and now I'll give you the answer to the earlier quiz roughly how much the the
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British public spent on Valentine's Day each year in 2011 it was calculated that
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the British public's spend around five hundred and three million pounds on
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Valentine's Day cards and gifts each year that can buy a lot of chocolates
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and flowers how was this lesson did you learn something interesting do you have
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a special day for lovers in your country leave us a comment at English class
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101.com and we'll see you in the next lesson
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