Valentine's Day and ST.David's Day

Valentine’s Day:

Valentine’s Day at 14^th Feb. Everywhere, when somebody talks about the Valentine’s Day the people will remember: the red rose, the chocolate, the love cards, the lovers and a lot of romantic things.  Valentine’s Day also brings a lot of gift giving, though it is usually men who are expected to give presents to their wives and girlfriends. The girls want have the red rose and chocolates her boyfriends give to her. The boys want to have a romantic meeting with his girlfriends.

Red rose

Chocolates

Love cards

 

 

ST.David's Day:

Who is Saint David?

Well, Saint David, or Dewi Sant, as he is known in the Welsh language, is the patron saint of Wales. He was a Celtic monk, abbot and bishop, who lived in the sixth century. During his life, he was the archbishop of Wales, and he was one of many early saints who helped to spread Christianity among the pagan Celtic tribes of western Britain.

St David’s Day falls every year on March 1. This was the date patron saint of Wales, St. David died in 589. It wasn’t until the 18^th century though that St David’s Day was declared a national day of celebration in Wales. Saint David is typically depicted holding a dove, and often standing on a hillock. His symbol is the leek. In 2007 Tony Blair rejected calls for St. David’s Day to become a Welsh national holiday, despite a poll saying that 87% of Welsh people wanted a March 1 holiday.

St David's Day is the feast day of St David, celebrated on March 1st every year and this day was declared a national day of celebration within Wales in the 18th century. Very year parades are held in Wales to commemorate St. David, with the largest of these being held in Cardiff.

Typically on St David's day and children take part in school concerts or eisteddfodau, with recitation and singing being the main activities

Many Welsh people wear one or both of the national emblems of Wales on their lapel to celebrate St. David: the daffodil or the leek on this day.