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Valentine's Children's Message

 

(Ask:) Can any of you tell me what we celebrate on February 14th? 

That's right, Valentine's Day. If a person is your Valentine that means they are the one you love the best! Now, can anyone tell me how Valentine's Day started? 

There was a priest by the name of Valentine. He lived in Rome about 250 AD. That was a long, long, time ago! At that time, Rome was ruled by an emperor by the name of Claudius. Some people called him Claudius the Cruel. St. Valentine didn't like Emperor Claudius, and he wasn't the only one! A lot of people felt the same way. Claudius wanted a big army. He thought men should volunteer to join. Many men just did not want to fight in wars. They did not want to leave their wives and girlfriends. So, not many men signed up to fight. This made Claudius mad. So do you know what he did? He had a crazy idea that if men were not married, they would not mind joining his army. So Claudius decided not to allow any more marriages. Young people thought his new law was really cruel. Valentine thought it was ridiculous! Because, one of his favorite jobs as a priest was to marry people.

Well, after Emperor Claudius passed his law, Valentine secretly . . . (keep reading).

 

 

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