What To Do and What to Know About Valentine's Day
Hearts, cute couples, pink, and red, and cards with sweet things inside them. Literally. On one day of the year, this is a holiday celebrated with jewelry, coupons, and loads of other stuff. That's right, Valentines day! Valentine's day originated back 1400, and way before that. It was a holiday to celebrate a bishop named St. Valentine, or Valentinus. Either or, the bishop would perform marriages for young lovers, since it was outlawed. When he was found out, he met the ax.
Valentine's day has gone through many changes. First it was celebrating surviving the rise of Christianity. Then later was thought to be the beginning of the birds mating season. The first ever recorded poem about Valentine's day was in 1375, when an English poet named Geoffrey Chaucer wrote a poem. It was called "Parliament of Foules". Then, they still correlated with the idea that Valentine's Day is the beginning of the birds mating season. The next poem was written after the 1400s by Charles the Duke of Orleans. He wrote it to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London, due to his role in the battle of Agincourt. Several years later, King Henry V hired a poet to write a note to Catherine of Valois.
So now that you know the background of Valentine's Day, it leaves the question of what to do for Valentines Day, especially if you are at home. Here are 5 of the best ideas we came up with -
An acrostic poem for your friends or whomever you want to give it to. Something simple and sweet. You could send it via email, or via mail.
You could also make a sweet card for them. Something like those cards you and your classmates used to give out on Valentine's Day. And if you need any help, just look at Pinterest. It has a bunch of great ideas.
You could host a zoom party, however you can't use your school account, but if you have any other Google account, on a different device, use that device instead.
If you are ever thinking of something to do for your friends, or whomever, you can go to code.org or Scratch and make a simple and fun game for your friends to play! For example my friend made a flappy bird game, and we all had fun with it.
You can also watch some movies with your friends online. Zoom it, text it, anything it.
This year, we may be far apart, but we can still celebrate holidays together. ❤
History.com, and ourfamilyworld.com was used to help make this article possible. This article was also brainstormed with the help of Ms. Parham, Janessa S., and Noa H..