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

ianbeliefsonFebruary14morethan1,700yearsago,butthedaythathashisnameisevenearlierthanthat.Morethan2,000yearsago,theancien

t(远古的)Romanscelebratedaholidayforlovers.Aspartofthecelebration,girlswrotetheirnamesonpiecesofpaperandputtheminalargeconta

iner.Boysreachedintothecontainerandpulledoneout.Thegirlwhosenamewaswrittenonthepaperbecamehisloverorsweetheartforayear.Loversstillputtheir

namesonpiecesofpaperandtheysendeachotherValentine\'sDaycardsthattelloftheirlove.Sometimestheyalsosendgifts,likeflowersorchocolatecandy.Americans

usuallysendthesegiftsandcardsthroughthemailsystem.Butsomeusedanotherwaytosendthismessage.Theyhaveitprintedinane

wspaper.Thecostisusuallyafewdollars.Someofthemessagesaresimpleandshort,"Jane,Iloveyouverymuch.”Otherssaymore.Thisone,forexample,"Don,rose

sarered.Violets(紫罗兰)areblue.IhopeyoulovemeasmuchasIloveyou.Forever,Mary."Mostofthenewspapersthatprintsuchmessages

arelocal,butUSATodayissoldthroughouttheUnitedStatesand90othercountriesaswell.ThismeanssomeonecansendaValentin

emessagetoaloverinafar-awaycityortownalmostanywhereintheworld.Thesemessagescost80dollarsandmore.Anemployee(职

员)ofUSATodaysaysreaderscanhaveasmallheartorroseprintedalongwiththeirmessagesthisyear.WillthiskindofValentine'sDaymessagereachtheoneyoulove?Well,ju

stmakesureheorshereadsthenewspaper.