St. Valentine's Day

Saint Valentine's Day, commonly known as Valentine's Day is observed on ________ each year. 

It is celebrated in many ____ _____ the world, though it remains a working day in most of them. It is the second most celebrated holiday around the world second to New Year’s Day.

There are various popular and interesting _____ of St Valentine's Day. 

One legend says that Valentine was a priest who served _____ the third century in Rome. 

When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those married, he ______ marriage for young men.

Valentine continued to perform ______ for young lovers in secret. 

When Valentine’s actions were discovered, Claudius ______ that he be put to death. 

While in prison, Valentine fell in love with a young girl, his jailor’s daughter, who visited him _____ __ ______. Before his death, he wrote her a letter, which he signed ‘From your Valentine’, an expression that is still in use today. 

Legends usually says that Valentine was a sympathetic, heroic, and romantic person. In the Middle Ages, ______ was one of the most popular saints in England and France.

Popularity of the festival is ____ __ to the combined effect of all these legends along with the notion that spring is the time for love.