Learn American Holidays - Valentine's Day

hi everyone I'm Alisha Valentine's Day is a very popular holiday in the United

States it's centered on romance and is a heavily commercialized holiday as well

during this time of year married couples partners and sweethearts are encouraged

to go out to dinner spend some romantic time together and generally acknowledge

the importance of one another in each other's lives this holiday is celebrated

on February 14th every year Valentine's Day is associated with a particular type

of love from the high middle ages do you know what that type of love is called

we'll show you the answer at the end of this video

valentine's Day is among other things a day when one partner is encouraged to

essentially court their partner as they would before they were dating or married

presenting a wife lover or girlfriend or boyfriend with flowers candy and other

romantic gifts is a huge part of Valentine's Day traditions in the United

States during this particular holiday the most romantic restaurants in any

city will generally be booked solid Valentine's Day is very important

commercially in the United States due to the traditional gifts that sweethearts

and married couples give one another this is particularly true of the floral

industry as giving one special someone red roses on this day is more or less

expected clothing jewelry food and other items are also popularly given to

sweethearts and spouses on this day for some couples Valentine's Day is when one

member of the couple goes overboard to spoil the other and is delighted to do

so Valentine's Day celebrations can be very innocent in addition to being

romantic in schools in the United States children are quite frequently encouraged

to make and exchange Valentines Mora's gestures of friendship than

anything else this allows everybody to get in on the fun in some cases people

in the United States who are currently single will do something special for a

friend who means a great deal to them and to whom they want to express

affection even though it's not romantic affection

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Valentine's Day cards are among the most impressive pieces of artwork associated

with this holiday antique Valentine's Day cards can fetch handsome prices from

collectors due to their intricacy and their sometimes very imaginative artwork

and now here's the answer to the quiz do you know what type of love is associated

with Valentine's Day from the high middle ages Valentine's Day has strong

associations with what was called courtly love in the High Middle Ages

this was a highly ritualized form of romantic love where each partner was

expected to do particular things to express their appreciation for one

another how is this lesson did you learn something interesting what Valentine's

Day traditions exist in your country if any please leave a comment in English

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