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Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day is one of day of lovers. more famous days In the World. This is Everyone knows a symbols of Valentine's: hearts, amor, red color. We can celebrate this day at 14 February. This is happy time when people give each other red roses, cards and small gifts.

This day has spread around the World since XVIII century thanks to Walter Scott. Earliest Valentine's Day came in Middle Ages to the West and the South Europe. The East and the North part of Europe began celebrate this day much later.

To Poland Valentine's reached in 9's 20th century. Then, this day began compete with "Ivan Kupala Day" - native slavic lovers day.