The Day of San Valentín, the Day of the Love and the Friendship, or simply Valentine’s Day, is always a good moment to recall him the people that surround us, how much we want them. This festivity is celebrated in many places, and evidently each place presents different traditions and alternatives for this day. So much in America, with in Europe, and in the other continents, San Valentín is celebrated of thousands of different forms.
We wanted to know how is that San is celebrated Valentín to the purest European style, and subsequently we describe them what we find.
For example, to receive the day, has been converted, above all for the English single women and the Italians, an extremely important ritual in this festivity. At the moment that sun sample its first ray, these women run to their balconies and windows, to expect to see their future promised. The custom dictates, that the first man that the dawn see them, he will be who he will marry them. There are many who do not believe in it, but nevertheless the tradition is maintained until today.
On the other hand, the English children have also developed a custom that causes enjoys them its part. In this day, many of the children are dedicated to intone songs, in the shape of postcards sung, that sends a lover to another. The children, not alone they entertain and they participate also of this day, but they receive money, sweet or gifts in exchange for their melodies.
In places as Denmark other more elaborate traditions exist. In this celebration, petals of white flowers are pressed, to simulate beautiful snowflakes. These flowers, are then envoys to the nearby and most beloved people. Another Danish custom is the one that have the young men. These they send letters with affectionate and funny messages to the women that want, nevertheless they do not sign in the end of the missive. More well they put a point by each letter of their name. If the woman discovers the author of the letter, this he will receive a gift on the part of his admiring secret.
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