saint valentines's day

   saint valentines's day is a western European Christian holiday. it was originally the feast of Lupercalia and was christianized in the memory of St . Valentine in A. D. 270.

St Valentine came to be associated in medieval times, with the union of lovers under conditions of duress. the holiday is celebrated on February 14 by the exchange of romantic or comic verse message called "valentines".

the first commercial valentine greeting cards produces in the Untied States of America were created in the 1840's by Esther A. Howland. today millions of such cards are sold annually.