{"id":399802,"date":"2024-02-04T16:59:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T15:59:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/?p=399802"},"modified":"2024-02-04T20:23:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-04T19:23:15","slug":"happy-valentine-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/en\/happy-valentine-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Valentine's Day: the festival of love is approaching!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"399802\" class=\"elementor elementor-399802\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f08f7c0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f08f7c0\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71db8868\" data-id=\"71db8868\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fbbb95b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4fbbb95b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-4fbbb95b{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7cecf06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7cecf06\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d13dc42\" data-id=\"5d13dc42\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-116a788 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"116a788\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Happy Valentine's Day: the festival of love is approaching!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5b0dcd4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5b0dcd4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6935d9af\" data-id=\"6935d9af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e614184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3e614184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whether you see it as romantic and sentimental or commercial and consumerist, Valentine&#8217;s Day is THE day of the year dedicated to lovers. All over the world, on February 14, articles, the latest tips, cards, gifts, clothes, romantic trips, and sweet nothings to whisper in your lover\u2019s ear flood the web.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4454fc18 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4454fc18\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c728dab\" data-id=\"6c728dab\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2216f0db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2216f0db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em><b>Valentine&#8217;s Day: definitions<\/b><\/em><\/p><p>The Wikipedia entry for <strong>Valentine&#8217;s Day<\/strong> reads, &#8221; [&#8230;] also called <strong>Lovers&#8217; Day<\/strong> or colloquially Valentine&#8217;s Day, is a day dedicated to love celebrated on February 14 each year. It began as a Christian holiday in honor of a Christian martyr named Valentine of Terni and, through subsequent folk traditions, has also become a <strong>significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romantic love<\/strong> in many countries around the world.&#8221; <br \/>While Encyclopedia Britannica defines the day as, &#8220;[&#8230;] a <strong>holiday when lovers express their affection<\/strong> with <strong>greetings<\/strong> and <strong>gifts<\/strong>. [&#8230;]. The holiday has expanded to express affection between relatives and friends.&#8221;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2926b5af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2926b5af\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e622aaa\" data-id=\"1e622aaa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7716664e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7716664e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<style>.elementor-element-7716664e{display:none !important}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f03021a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f03021a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-137b90e2\" data-id=\"137b90e2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7809a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7809a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How did the feast of Valentine's Day come about? A brief history <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b65f10d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b65f10d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c3cc4e4\" data-id=\"3c3cc4e4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24c484e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24c484e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Long before it was called Valentine\u2019s Day, the oldest and most enduring Roman festival was held on February 15 in Ancient Rome. This was the <strong>pagan festival of Lupercalia<\/strong>, which was still being celebrated as late as the sixth century AD. <br \/>The so-called \u201cpurifying\u201d event was highly-charged and featured animal sacrifices, random and frenzied copulation and the flogging of women as a fertility rite. Pope Gelasius I (Rome, Nov. 19, 496) permanently banned it and\u2014in a canny bid to encapsulate pagan ritual in a Christian context\u2014established in its place the <strong>feast day of St. Valentine the Martyr<\/strong>. But he changed the date to February 14, just to make sure there was no confusion between the two festivals.<\/p><p>Again Encyclopedia Britannica reports that, although there were several Christian martyrs named Valentine, the feast day may have been named after a priest martyred around 270 AD by the Roman emperor Claudius II Gothicus, while other sources claim that the name is descended from <strong>St. Valentine of Terni<\/strong>, a bishop, although these two saints may actually have been the same person.<\/p><p>Centuries later, in the late 1300s, Geoffrey Chaucer, author of The Canterbury Tales, wrote the poem The Parliament of Fowls to celebrate the wedding of Richard II and Anne of Bohemia. This poem contains one of the earliest references to the idea that St. Valentine\u2019s Day is a special day for lovers. Chaucer associates Cupid with St. Valentine, who was thus confirmed in the popular conscience as a messenger of Love. In both A Midsummer Night&#8217;s Dream and Hamlet Shakespeare also refers fleetingly to St. Valentine.<\/p><p>The first literary work specifically devoted to St. Valentine appears to have been written in 1415 by the prince and poet Charles, Duke of Orleans (Paris 1391 &#8211; Amboise 1465), while he was a prisoner in the Tower of London after being captured during the Battle of Agincourt. It is a love letter, entitled Farewell to Love.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-239781fa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"239781fa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7011651b\" data-id=\"7011651b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4be48550 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4be48550\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-SanValentino-San-Valentino-ValentinesDay-Love-Festival-Credit-pexels-marcelo-chagas-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-399863\" alt=\"due uomini festeggiano San Valentino. Two men celebrate Valentine&#039;s Day\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-SanValentino-San-Valentino-ValentinesDay-Love-Festival-Credit-pexels-marcelo-chagas-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-SanValentino-San-Valentino-ValentinesDay-Love-Festival-Credit-pexels-marcelo-chagas-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-SanValentino-San-Valentino-ValentinesDay-Love-Festival-Credit-pexels-marcelo-chagas-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-SanValentino-San-Valentino-ValentinesDay-Love-Festival-Credit-pexels-marcelo-chagas-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-SanValentino-San-Valentino-ValentinesDay-Love-Festival-Credit-pexels-marcelo-chagas-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-SanValentino-San-Valentino-ValentinesDay-Love-Festival-Credit-pexels-marcelo-chagas-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-SanValentino-San-Valentino-ValentinesDay-Love-Festival-Credit-pexels-marcelo-chagas-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">photo credits: Pexels Marcelo Chagas<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3eb03aa6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3eb03aa6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a988d9d\" data-id=\"6a988d9d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c5ffe6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5c5ffe6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Valentine's Day around the world<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c417d59 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c417d59\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e220d8f\" data-id=\"e220d8f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a52257a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1a52257a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ol><li>In the <strong>United States<\/strong>, Valentine&#8217;s Day gets everyone excited. The day is dedicated to every kind of <strong>love, affection and friendship<\/strong>: for partners, of course, but also for family, friends, schoolmates, pets, or anyone else you may be fond of and want to remind about the bond that ties you. <br \/>A particularly <strong>catchy tradition<\/strong> on St. Valentine\u2019s in the States is to send <strong>anonymous cards<\/strong>. The excitement of receiving them is compounded by the heart-pounding agony \u2014 will your hopes and expectations be confirmed or dashed? \u2014of trying to find out who sent them. <br \/>Every year Americans spend about $18 billion on candy, cards, sweets, flowers and jewelry. The most popular treats are <strong>heart-shaped sweets with romantic messages<\/strong> such as &#8220;be mine&#8221; or &#8220;kiss me&#8221; rather than chocolate. Valentine is the name, both male and female, for addressing the one you love by asking, &#8220;Will you be my Valentine? &#8221; If the answer is yes, it means it will be love for life.<\/li><li><strong>In Finland<\/strong>, Valentine&#8217;s Day only officially entered the calendar in 1996, but it has quickly become very popular, to the extent that <strong>Finns consider it the second most popular day after Christmas<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ol><p>However, while almost all over the world romantic love is celebrated on this day, Finnish Valentine&#8217;s Day &#8211; <strong>Yst\u00e4v\u00e4np\u00e4iv\u00e4<\/strong> &#8211; is mostly dedicated to friends. Family members, friends, neighbors and co-workers and, of course, even couples exchange gifts, sweets such as Mokkapalat, as well as affectionate cards. People <strong>spend the day together<\/strong> and share meals and sports activities such as skating or sledding with the people they love.<\/p><p><strong>3. In Japan<\/strong>, the tradition is for <strong>woman to take the initiative<\/strong> by giving chocolate to the person to whom she wishes to &#8220;declare herself,&#8221; or to colleagues or friends. On March 14, known as White Day, those who received these chocolates have an &#8220;obligation&#8221; to reciprocate. <br \/>Like so many other things in Japan, the <strong>chocolates given as Valentine&#8217;s Day gifts have been given specific names<\/strong>:<\/p><ul><li><strong>Giri-choko<\/strong> (\u7fa9\u7406\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3), which means &#8220;obligation chocolate,&#8221; is an inexpensive, plainly packaged chocolate that girls or women give to their classmates or co-workers.<\/li><li><strong>Tomo-choko<\/strong> (\u53cb\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3), which means &#8220;friend&#8217;s chocolate,&#8221; is a more heartfelt and sincere gift, offered to friends one loves or exchanged among girls;<\/li><li><strong>Honmei-choko<\/strong> (\u672c\u547d\u30c1\u30e7\u30b3), which means &#8220;favorite&#8217;s chocolate,&#8221; is given to the person you love, your boyfriend\/girlfriend or husband\/wife, or someone you are in love with and want to declare yourself to. [External link:https:\/\/www.shiroya.it\/2021\/02\/02\/san-valentino-in-giappone\/]<\/li><\/ul><p><br \/>4. <strong>In Peru<\/strong>, instead of exchanging roses on St. Valentine\u2019s, many people opt for <strong>giving orchids<\/strong>, which originated in this country. In addition, on the most romantic day of the year, <strong>mass weddings take place<\/strong> with dozens of couples participating. This is a very popular tradition that saves on expenses and pleases everyone taking their vows on such an auspicious day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-63277bea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"63277bea\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ccd5079\" data-id=\"1ccd5079\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4971aa85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4971aa85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ValentinesDay-SanValentino-FestaDegliInnamorati-Lovers-Day-Credit-pexels-monstera-production-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-399877\" alt=\"Biscotti di San Valentino Valentine&#039;s Biscuits\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ValentinesDay-SanValentino-FestaDegliInnamorati-Lovers-Day-Credit-pexels-monstera-production-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ValentinesDay-SanValentino-FestaDegliInnamorati-Lovers-Day-Credit-pexels-monstera-production-300x200.jpg 300w, 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Production<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-290de021 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"290de021\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e1fff89\" data-id=\"6e1fff89\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-795f5ad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"795f5ad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Valentine's Day: a history of kissing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43764c8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43764c8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bfcc27f\" data-id=\"bfcc27f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62cf252a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62cf252a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Studies conducted by Troels Pank Arb\u00f8ll of the University of Copenhagen and Sophie Lund Rasmussen of the University of Oxford and published in the prestigious journal &#8220;Science\u201d, traced the earliest known evidence of a <strong>romantic-sexual kiss between humans<\/strong> back to a Bronze Age manuscript from South Asia (India), tentatively dated to 1500 BC. However, previously unconsidered evidence shows that kissing on the lips has recently been back-dated to at least 2500 BC in early ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt.<br \/>Kissing seems to have been practiced in many ancient cultures over the course of several millennia. Sources from ancient Mesopotamia, in an area that lies between modern-day Iraq and Syria, now prove that the <strong>first documented kiss in the world<\/strong> can be dated even further back, to 4,500 years ago,<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d025261 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d025261\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3c485281\" data-id=\"3c485281\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58825340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58825340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Valentine's Day: the famous Italian \u201cBaci\u201d\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ee192c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ee192c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-12e5177d\" data-id=\"12e5177d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6531fa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6531fa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Pralines, chocolates in every possible shape, creamy spreads: <strong>on Valentine&#8217;s Day in Italy we give chocolate<\/strong>! On February 14 every year, chocolate producers come up with their latest creations. <br \/>The iconic design of Perugina&#8217;s \u201c<strong>Baci<\/strong>\u201d (kisses) hasn\u2019t changed in a century: the dark blue tube and the characteristic font is recognizable today, as is the couple kissing under the stars. This product has been the Umbrian company\u2019s biggest success. <br \/>The new chocolate was born almost by chance when, in 1922, Luisa Spagnoli, a manager with innovative ideas, noticed that the chocolate and hazelnut granules left over after processing were thrown away at the end of the day. Luisa thus invented a praline in the shape of a knuckle that she christened, &#8220;cazzotto&#8221; (little punch). Giovanni Buitoni, Luisa&#8217;s secret lover and head of the company, later gave the praline a decidedly more romantic name: &#8220;Bacio.&#8221; <br \/>This chocolate, which recently turned 100 years old, thus became <strong>a symbol of love<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4b820589 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4b820589\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3eb44b04\" data-id=\"3eb44b04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18531af1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18531af1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Valentine's Day: why do people give chocolate?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-53a6a027 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"53a6a027\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-79441ddc\" data-id=\"79441ddc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b627550 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b627550\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Considered an <strong>elite product<\/strong> that in the past could only be purchased by the upper classes, <strong>chocolate<\/strong> was an expensive and hard-to-find food item since it came from faraway Latin America. It was also <strong>thought to be an aphrodisiac<\/strong>. <br \/>Certainly dark chocolate contains tryptophan, a substance that <strong>stimulates the production of serotonin, better known as the hormone of good moods and happiness<\/strong>. The presence of this substance, along with that of anandamide, makes chocolate an excellent anti-depressant. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e16d737 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e16d737\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0507d39\" data-id=\"0507d39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d65daf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d65daf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ScatolaCuore-SanValentino-HeartShapedBox-credit-Creacerimonie-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-399867\" alt=\"Scatola Cuore San Valentino Heart Shaped Box\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ScatolaCuore-SanValentino-HeartShapedBox-credit-Creacerimonie-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ScatolaCuore-SanValentino-HeartShapedBox-credit-Creacerimonie-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ScatolaCuore-SanValentino-HeartShapedBox-credit-Creacerimonie-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ScatolaCuore-SanValentino-HeartShapedBox-credit-Creacerimonie-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ScatolaCuore-SanValentino-HeartShapedBox-credit-Creacerimonie-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ScatolaCuore-SanValentino-HeartShapedBox-credit-Creacerimonie-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Celebranti.com-ScatolaCuore-SanValentino-HeartShapedBox-credit-Creacerimonie-105x80.jpg 105w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">photo credits: Crea Cerimonie<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-539fa5a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"539fa5a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-225df4ee\" data-id=\"225df4ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-721c66a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"721c66a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who created the first heart-shaped box of chocolates?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3fd21660 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3fd21660\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5516177b\" data-id=\"5516177b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f40c8f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7f40c8f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the 1840s, Valentine&#8217;s Day caught on in the Anglo-Saxon world. It was the heyday of <strong>angels with bows and arrows<\/strong>; in fact, usually straight-laced Victorians loved to exchange elaborate cards depicting <strong>Cupid as a sweet, or somewhat mischievous, cherub<\/strong>.<br \/>Richard Cadbury, scion of the chocolate-making family, made improvements to the production technique by extracting <strong>pure cocoa butter from whole beans<\/strong>, thus producing a more palatable <strong>drinking chocolate<\/strong> than his countrymen were used to. <br \/>This process generated a large amount of cocoa butter, which Cadbury used to produce &#8220;<strong>eating chocolate<\/strong>\u201d for the first time.<br \/>Realizing that this was a great opportunity, he began to sell the new chocolates in <strong>beautifully decorated boxes<\/strong> that he designed himself. Almost right away, boxes with images of Cupid with a bow and arrow or red roses began to appear, soon followed by <strong>heart-shaped boxes<\/strong> for St. Valentine\u2019s.<br \/>The boxes were so beautiful that, once the chocolates were finished, they were kept and used to <strong>store mementos, locks of hair, or love letters<\/strong>. <br \/>Although Richard Cadbury did not actually patent the heart-shaped box, he was probably the first to produce one, and today Cadbury\u2019s <strong>boxes have become collector&#8217;s items<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5caf046e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5caf046e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-248a3746\" data-id=\"248a3746\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d98484b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d98484b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Valentine's Day trivia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7639ae09 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7639ae09\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1755e70c\" data-id=\"1755e70c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a9b3d99 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a9b3d99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>JULIET<\/strong><br \/>What&#8217;s in a name? that which we call a rose<br \/>By any other name would smell as sweet;<br \/>So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call&#8217;d,<br \/>Retain that dear perfection which he owes<br \/>Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,<br \/>And for that name which is no part of thee<br \/>Take all myself.<\/p><p><strong>ROMEO<\/strong><br \/>I take thee at thy word:<br \/>Call me but love, and I&#8217;ll be new baptized;<br \/>Henceforth I never will be Romeo.<\/p><p>William Shakespeare&#8217;s quintessential love story, Romeo and Juliet, is one of the great English author&#8217;s most famous tragedies and was composed between 1594 and 1596. <br \/>For those who may not remember the plot, it tells the <strong>doomed love story of star-crossed lovers<\/strong>. Set in Verona\u2014which, by the way, is <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/en\/mi-vuoi-sposare-la-proposta-di-matrimonio-diventa-un-evento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>highly sought-after as a spot to propose marriage or get married<\/strong><\/a><\/span> the two young protagonists, Romeo and Juliet, fall in love despite the fact that their families hate each other and will continue to fight one another to the bitter end. The lovers are not allowed to be together and choose death over separation, though there is a classic twist to the story. But no spoilers! <br \/>In Verona there is a <strong>Juliet Club<\/strong> which receives <strong>thousands of letters addressed to the heroine of the tragedy<\/strong> every year from all around the world. <br \/>It was the janitor of &#8220;Juliet&#8217;s Tomb,&#8221; Ettore Solimani, who in 1930 began collecting the missives left by tourists. Moved by the phenomenon, he had the brilliant idea of replying, and thus became Juliet\u2019s \u201cfirst secretary.\u201d <br \/>Today, Juliet&#8217;s secretaries, volunteers who contribute to the association, respond to each message by signing with the name of the Shakespearean heroine. <br \/>In this age, completely dominated by technology, when we receive and send billions of voice and text messages, <strong>handwritten letters have regained value as a unique way to express our feelings<\/strong>. Despite the fact that Juliet is a fictional character, <strong>thousands of people all over the world actually choose to use such obsolete tools as pen and paper to &#8220;pour their hearts out &#8221; to Juliet<\/strong>.<br \/>The Club receives 50,000 letters each year, there are 45 Secretaries from all over the world who volunteer their time, and the most touching letter is awarded a prize each year. Every letter is read, translated, replied to, and then stored in the Juliet Club archive which contains thousands of love stories. &#8220;This unique and striking phenomenon has made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.julietclub.com\/it\/su-di-noi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Verona the capital of love<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b239a1d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b239a1d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b692974\" data-id=\"b692974\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b30b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"91b30b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Valentine's Day: some conclusions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-773e36e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"773e36e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-821c105\" data-id=\"821c105\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fdc911 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fdc911\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-no-translation=\"\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>How can we define love?<br \/>Infinite of lines of poetry, words, stories, novels have been written about love, creating universal, immortal works of art. There are numerous movies and TV series devoted to the subject, great music has been composed, countless songs have been written. <strong>Love is probably the most popular topic for poets and novelists<\/strong>, as mankind has always wondered what love is and how it can be defined.<\/p><p>Here then is a perfect definition from the great American poet Emily Dickinson:<\/p><p>That Love is all there is,<br \/>Is all we know of Love;<br \/>It is enough; the freight should be<br \/>Proportioned to the groove.<\/p><p>Couples who choose to get married with a celebrant-led ceremony should be reminded that &#8220;<strong>marriage is an event, but loving is a practice<\/strong>&#8221; and that the event should not distract from the practice.<br \/>The same applies to Valentine&#8217;s Day, which is a pleasant, exciting, romantic, and expectation-filled event \u2014often an occasion for one of the partners to choose to propose, as we <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/en\/mi-vuoi-sposare-la-proposta-di-matrimonio-diventa-un-evento\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described in out blog<\/a><\/span> \u2014 but it is not the same as the <strong>everyday practice of love<\/strong>. <br \/>It might be better to celebrate Valentine&#8217;s Day by trying not to get too carried away by consumerism. <strong>You don\u2019t need to go overboard with chocolates, cards, paper hearts and expensive dinners out<\/strong>. Take a day off, go out for a walk, bring along a little surprise and tell the person you love why they are so special and what makes them unique.<\/p><p><strong>Amore=Papageno and Papagena<\/strong>!<\/p><p>In the opera, The Magic Flute, by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, <strong>Papageno<\/strong> is a young bird hunter, his clothes covered with bird feathers, who plays the five-pipe Pan flute. Papageno accompanies the opera&#8217;s hero, Prince Tamino, to help him fight the forces of evil and save his beloved Pamina. <br \/><strong>Papageno wants only one thing in life: a partner to love, his Papagena<\/strong>. This is no small feat, of course. Anyone who has found their own Papagena or Papageno know how important it is. <br \/>On his adventurous journey, <strong>Papageno finds Papagena, his perfect other half<\/strong>, and, even more miraculously, she loves him back.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f0a642e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f0a642e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-no-translation=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0c2b4d\" data-id=\"a0c2b4d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc1fb12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bc1fb12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-395346\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione.png 500w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione-70x70.png 70w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/elementor\/thumbs\/icone-citazione-q5rsbyw3oewunqatelhxlo2inxt2yafpq5azfik1yg.png 100w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione-90x90.png 90w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione-170x170.png 170w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/icone-citazione-180x180.png 180w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/elementor\/thumbs\/icone-citazione-q5rsbyw3fn5kc4o2itbp6gauggyr7xskjsdy78gly8.png 80w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/elementor\/thumbs\/icone-citazione-q5rsbyw2ky027iygfkpvp73zqc0m5pjkfj6bw94jxg.png 10w, https:\/\/celebranti.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/elementor\/thumbs\/icone-citazione-q5rsbyw2tprcj4l7bcw44evnxsuxw26plw3d4j7zxo.png 30w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52539d1b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52539d1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">May you all find you perfect other half and\u2014 let\u2019s not forget\u2014<\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Festa commerciale e consumistica, o tradizione romantica, San Valentino \u00e8 la festa degli innamorati. 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