What are the 7 days of Valentine?

Valentine's Day is celebrated as the day of love every year on February 14. It is the day when people profess their love for someone while others vow to strengthen their relationships. The celebrations of Valentine's Day kick off a week before with the beginning of Valentine's Week. It starts with Rose Day on February 7 and ends on February 14. Other days in the week are Propose Day, Chocolate Day, Teddy Day, Promise Day, Hug Day, and Kiss Day.

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Valentine's Week is all about making your loved one feel special through different expressions of love. Each day of the week represents love and affection in various forms and serves as an opportunity to woo your better half.

Below is the list of the days in Valentine's Week and their significance.

Rose Day – February 7

Rose Day 2023 will be marked on Tuesday. Roses have long been a symbol of love. Presenting someone with a fresh red rose is the most romantic way to express love. While red roses signify romance, yellow rose are associated with friendship. White roses symbolise peace and affection and the pink roses are given to someone you are grateful to.

Propose Day – February 8

Propose Day marks the second day of the Valentine's Week. It offers an opportunity to let your loved one or crush know that you have feelings for them. It is the day to pour your heart out and profess your love for your significant other. It is on Wednesday this year.

Chocolate Day – February 9

Chocolate is loved by everyone. So, there is a whole day dedicated to the treat in the Valentine's Week. Rituals for the day involve gifting a box of chocolates to some you love or putting effort to make some handmade chocolates.

Teddy Day – February 10

A teddy bear perfectly embodies the love and affection we have for someone. If you hesitate in saying the three words, then a teddy bear can do the job. On this day, people often gift adorable teddy bears to their partners to show their love.

Promise Day - February 11

Promise Day, which will be celebrated on Saturday this year, is another significant day of the Valentine's Week. It is the time when couples make promises to never leave each other's side and be there in ups and downs. You can make a promise on this day and keep it to show your loyalty towards your partner.

Hug Day – February 12

A simple hug has the power to melt even the most hard-nosed people. If you have irked your partner lately then there is nothing better than a hug to make them feel better. A hug is an expression of love not just for romantic couples for also for those who care for each other.

Kiss Day – February 13

A kiss is often the most common way to seal a relationship. It is a simple gesture that says a thousand words and can make people feel more special. It has been a symbol of love for romantic partners for ages.

Valentine's Day – February 14

This marks the end of the Valentine Week and is celebrated as the day of love. People celebrate Valentine's Day by going on a romantic dinner, watching a movie together, and giving surprises to each other.

While this is not your conventional story about Valentine’s Day that’s filled with romance, it’s a fascinating take on a tradition that is widely celebrated on February 14 in many countries around the world.

 

You are looking at the skull of an ancient Roman Martyr named Valentine which resides in the Rome, in the church of Santa Maria in Cosmedin. Whether or not it’s the skull of the martyr who inspired Valentine’s day is a matter of some debate, to put it mildly. Bound up in this debate is the unexpected history of one of the world’s most curious holidays.

 

The better question is ‘who were?’ Depending on who’s counting, there are between 12 and 14 Saint Valentines, including a Spanish hermit and a woman – Valentina. Turns out, it was a pretty common name during Late Antiquity. As far as anyone can tell, the Saint Valentine of Valentine’s Day was one of two guys preaching the good word in Rome in the third century. One of these two was martyred on February 14th 269, thus giving us the date for his eponymous day.

 

Absolutely nothing.  After he was killed, Valentine’s remains sat in the Catacombs of San Valentino for a while before moving to Santa Maria in Cosmedin (or the Basilica of Saint Valentine in Terni, if you support the claim of the other Valentine) where they were visited by pilgrims for many years. They probably would have remained venerated, but somewhat anonymous relics for the patron saint of beekeepers and people suffering from the plague had it not been for Chaucer.

 

Geoffrey Chaucer has nothing to do with Roman martyrs but he has a lot to do with English literature and that’s how he created a connection between Saint Valentine and love celebrations. The first written connection between love and Valentine’s Day appears in his poem, Parlement of Foules, written in the late 14th century. He appears to have simply invented the correlation and chalked it up to poetic license, though it’s also possible that he was drawing from older courtly traditions.

 

Not exactly. Shortly after Chaucer mentioned love on Valentine’s Day, real-life lovers began to send each other love poems on February 14th. (it’s possible that these predate Chaucer, but we simply don’t know.) To put that another way, people have been writing valentines to their loved ones for over 500 years, so even if there’s no direct connection to a guy who was murdered horribly by ancient Roman pagans, it’s still part of a serious legacy of love.