Why is Valentines Day Celebrated?

>Happy Valentine's Day<

Valentine's Day is no doubt one of the most popular days that is celebrated all over the world. Globally, people plan different and unique ways to celebrate and surprise their loved ones on this very romantic occasion making them feel special by expressing their love for each other through different ways like small gifts, cards, romantic meals and much more.
There are so many people who celebrate Valentine's Day but are not aware of the story behind celebrating this day of love.

There are different stories that people have associated with the Valentine's Day celebration though it is quite obvious that the real man behind this is St. Valentine. As per one of the stories associated with the celebration of Valentine's Day is that this is the day when St. Valentine died in his prison cell. Before his death, St. Valentine wrote a letter to a girl whom he loved very much. He ended his letter with "From Your Valentine" along with his signature.
After his death considering him a true lover, lovers all over the world have adopted this as a way of expressing their deep love to their loved ones.
Today, you see these wordings on cards and gift cards. This means that you are relating your deep love for your partner with the historical love St. Valentine had for his girl.

Also, according to another legend it is stated that Valentine was a priest in Rome and he served during the third century during the rule of Emperor Claudius II.
The Emperor announced that no single men were allowed to get married as he believed that in order to get better soldiers for the security of the country it was important to keep all the young men single so that they didn't have wives and families to distract their attention from their responsibilities and duties.
As a result St. Valentine raised his voice against Emperor Claudius II as he thought that his decision to outlaw marriage for young men was injustice of the decree. Defying Claudius, St. Valentine secretly continued to perform marriages for young lovers. After some time when Claudius got to know about Valentine's actions he ordered his execution.

There are some who believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of the February to commemorate the death anniversary of Valentine's which took place in around 270 A.D.
St. Valentine sacrificed a lot for the sake of love even his life, therefore, today we celebrate Valentine's Day to remember him.

For many years we have been celebrating Valentine's Day with great respect all over the world. This day is also considered as the day of love and young couples globally celebrate this day with great passion by coming up with different ideas to mark the day. There are different specially designed gifts and cards available in shops that people use to express their love to each other.