Hearts to Hearts

Up to this day, the well-known celebration, Valentine's Day is celebrated yearly and globally every February 14th of the year. Ever wonder where it originated from? Valentine's Day, which is also known as St. Valentine's Day, came from a famous saint, St. Valentine, but no one knows who Valentine was. Also, in this special time, people seize the opportunity to present their affection for another person by doing acts of service such as gifting and providing messages. Why do we celebrate it? According to Newsround, the celebration was initially an old tradition that originated from a Roman festival called Lupercalia. A belief from the Lupercalia is that boys drew names of girls from a box, and whichever person they drew would-be boyfriend and girlfriend during the festival and get married during some times; this wasn't proven true yet. As time went by, the church turned this into a Christian celebration named after St. Valentin...