Valentine's Day

St Valentine

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Did you know that this day gets its name from a famous saint who was a priest in Rome in the third century (that's a very, very, very, very long time ago!)

The Romans also had a festival called Lupercalia in the middle of February, officially the start of their springtime. The Church wanted to turn this into a Christian celebration, and decided to use it to remember St Valentine too.

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Who Will Choose This One?

Valentine's Day, or St Valentine's Day, is celebrated worldwide every year on the 14th of February. It's the day when people show their affection by sending cards, flowers, chocolates or even teddy bears to each other.

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Edward Chose This One

The bears all like to send each other (and receive) such tokens, so they have been busy making their own Valentine's cards to send to each other. They had put all their names into a hat and each chosen one.

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All Set!
They would make a Valentine card for whomever they had chosen, but of course they wouldn't sign their name to it as the cards are traditionally sent anonymously (that means that nobody should know who they were from).
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Teddy And Boo Colouring In

They found some blank design sheets and spent ages colouring them in. They were very quiet for a very long time, which is very unusual for them!

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Edward And Elizabeth Join In
They had also decided that, this year, they would simply buy a huge bag of all different sorts of chocolates, so that they could share them as their joint Valentine's gift to each other!

If you would like to make your own Valentine's Day cards for someone special, then you can download designs here like the ones the bears had, and colour them in. But, remember, don't give the game away by signing your name in them! Happy Valentine's Day!!