valentine's day on the 14th of february lovers celebrate valentine's day people in love give each other cards and presents flowers especially roses chocolates or jewelry [Music] in the evening there are special parties and couples sometimes go to restaurants for a romantic dinner [Music] in new york city on the top of the empire estate building there are red lights on valentine's day where does valentine's day come from nobody knows exactly who valentine was some people think he was a christian priest when claudius ii was the roman emperor when he needed a lot of soldiers for his
army claudius did not permit marriages but valentine performed marriages secretly the authorities discovered this and executed him in a.d 201 european immigrants took the valentine tradition to america they made beautiful valentine's cards on the outside of the cards they painted butterflies flowers cupids and hearts and on the inside they wrote original poems today few people make valentine's cards they buy them the cards are usually anonymous even between husband and wife people don't sign their names they sign the card with a question mark or they do not sign the card at all [Music]
