St. Valentine’s Day

Introduction

For this class you will need to learn about St. Valentine’s Day in England: their traditions, some unusual histories of this celebration, mysterious features, legends, some information about gifts and so on. The Web allows you to discover way more than you may have ever thought possible and is a great complement to the materials found in the library. Below is a list of question about the topic of the seminar. Surf the links on this page to find answers to the question.

http://www.anglomania.org/2011/02/blog-post_13.html

http://londonmania.ru/stories/holidays-in-britain/saint-valentines-day

http://journeying.ru/angliyskie-traditsii-den-svyatogo-valentina-v-anglii.html

https://valentines-day.4banket.ru/den-svyatogo-valentina-po-angliyski/

http://enjoyeng.ru/interesnye-novosti/prazdniki-v-anglii/kak-prazdnuyut-den-svyatogo-valentina-v-anglii

http://www.lingvaflavor.com/den-valentina-v-anglii/

https://interaffairs.ru/news/show/10584

https://ria.ru/tomsk/20140214/994805714.html   

http://audiourokidarom.ru/pesni-mirovye-xity/den-svyatogo-valentina.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hXMf1c0sQA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukxTa6gJQP8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSL_skSapVg

Questions:

1. Is there any reason to buy any gifts for Valentine’s Day or it is merely waste of money?
2. What do you think about the origin of the holiday? Is it exactly true or merely legend?
3. Do you believe that divinations can come true?