{"id":515,"date":"2025-02-10T20:15:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/target-english.net\/target-news\/?p=515"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T06:54:40","slug":"14-february-2013-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/target-english.net\/target-news\/2025\/02\/10\/14-february-2013-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"14 February, 2025: Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/target-english.net\/target-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/red-cupid.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-319\" src=\"http:\/\/target-english.net\/target-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/red-cupid-150x150.gif\" alt=\"red-cupid\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Saint Valentine\u2019s Day<\/strong>, commonly shortened to\u00a0<strong>Valentine\u2019s Day<\/strong>,\u00a0is a\u00a0<a title=\"Holiday\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Holiday\">holiday<\/a>\u00a0observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian\u00a0<a title=\"Martyr\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Martyr\">martyrs<\/a>\u00a0named\u00a0<a title=\"Saint Valentine\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saint_Valentine\">Saint Valentine<\/a>. \u00a0It is traditionally a day on which\u00a0<a title=\"Intimate relationship\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Intimate_relationship\">lovers<\/a>\u00a0express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering\u00a0<a title=\"Confectionery\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Confectionery\">confectionery<\/a>, and sending\u00a0<a title=\"Greeting card\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Greeting_card\">greeting cards<\/a>\u00a0(known as \u201c<em>valentines<\/em>\u201c).<\/p>\n<p>The day first became associated with\u00a0<a title=\"Romance (love)\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Romance_(love)\">romantic love<\/a>\u00a0in the circle of\u00a0<a title=\"Geoffrey Chaucer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Geoffrey_Chaucer\">Geoffrey Chaucer<\/a>\u00a0in the\u00a0<a title=\"High Middle Ages\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/High_Middle_Ages\">High Middle Ages<\/a>, when the tradition of\u00a0<a title=\"Courtly love\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Courtly_love\">courtly love<\/a>\u00a0flourished. It was first established by\u00a0<a title=\"Pope Gelasius I\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Gelasius_I\">Pope Gelasius I<\/a>\u00a0in 496 AD, and was later\u00a0<a title=\"Mysterii Paschalis\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mysterii_Paschalis\">deleted<\/a>\u00a0from the\u00a0<a title=\"General Roman Calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Roman_Calendar\">General Roman Calendar<\/a>\u00a0of saints in 1969 by\u00a0<a title=\"Pope Paul VI\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pope_Paul_VI\">Pope Paul VI<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saint Valentine\u2019s Day, commonly shortened to\u00a0Valentine\u2019s Day,\u00a0is a\u00a0holiday\u00a0observed on February 14 honoring one or more early Christian\u00a0martyrs\u00a0named\u00a0Saint Valentine. \u00a0It is traditionally a day on which\u00a0lovers\u00a0express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering\u00a0confectionery, and sending\u00a0greeting cards\u00a0(known as \u201cvalentines\u201c). 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