The whole world celebrate this day with full dedication, but very few people know the story behind this. I derived the story and want to share with my friends.
The concept of Valentine's Day came up from the Roman culture. They celebrated it on 15th Februray to celebrate the festival of Lupercalia to honor the gods Lupercus and Faunus as well as the founders of the Roman Empire Romulus and Remeus. But in 2700 AD, two priests Valentine and Marius refused to foloow the decree and secretly got married with each other. But in Roman culture the priests were not allowed to get married with anybody. But still Valentine was in love and he thought it to be the best way to be happy in life by getting married to the girl whom he loved.
But later on, when Valentine was in the jail, he again fall in love with the jailer's daughter. When he wrote his final note, he addressed to the daughter of the jailer and mentioned "From Your Valentine" at the end. From that very day, this celebration was known as the Valentine's Day throughout the world.
Later on the concept of celebrating this day with each & every near and dear ones came. In the very beginning of the 19th and 20th century people used to celebrate Valentine's Day with all those people who are very close to them. They can be friends, parents, siblings, or anyone. And that's why people used to share gifts to commemorate their contribution in each other's life.
But now-a-days the concept got changed. Now people only celebrate this day with their lovers or husband/ wife. In earlier times it used to be the day for all the near and dear ones. Why this concept cam into being. Is that the reason that now-a-days lovers or husband/ wife are much more important than others. In this long list of others you can include your parents, siblings and friends. But now people don't include them. May be the whole world has become very selfish and that's why narrowed down the reason behind love. Really the world is changing!!!
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