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Valentine'sDayValentine'sDay(情人节)isnamedforSaintValentineanearlyChristianchurchman(牧师)whoreportedlyhelpedyounglovers.Valentinewaskille

dforhisChristianbeliefsonFebruary14morethan1,700yearsago,butthedaythathashisnameisevenearlierthanthat.Morethan2

,000yearsago,theancient(远古的)Romanscelebratedaholidayforlovers.Aspartofthecelebration,girlswrotetheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandputtheminalargecontainer

.Boysreachedintothecontainerandpulledoneout.Thegirlwhosenamewaswrittenonthepaperbecamehisloverorsweetheartforayear

.LoversstillputtheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandtheysendeachotherValentine\'sDaycardsthattelloftheirlove.Sometimest

heyalsosendgifts,likeflowersorchocolatecandy.Americansusuallysendthesegiftsandcardsthroughthemailsystem.

Butsomeusedanotherwaytosendthismessage.Theyhaveitprintedinanewspaper.Thecostisusuallyafewdollars.Someofthemessagesaresimplea

ndshort,"Jane,Iloveyouverymuch.”Otherssaymore.Thisone,forexample,"Don,rosesarered.Violets(紫罗兰)areblue.Ihopeyoulovemeas

muchasIloveyou.Forever,Mary."Mostofthenewspapersthatprintsuchmessagesarelocal,butUSATodayissoldthroughouttheUn

itedStatesand90othercountriesaswell.ThismeanssomeonecansendaValentinemessagetoaloverinafar-awaycityortownalmostanywhereintheworld.Thesemessagesc

ost80dollarsandmore.Anemployee(职员)ofUSATodaysaysreaderscanhaveasmallheartorroseprintedalongwiththeirmessag

esthisyear.WillthiskindofValentine'sDaymessagereachtheoneyoulove?Well,justmakesureheorshereadsthenewspaper.