When is Valentine's Day 2020? Date and history of Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day, also known as St. Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day or Valentine's Day, is celebrated in Poland every year. Check the official date and history of this holiday.

Valentine'S Day it has not changed for a long time and every year falls on the same day. For centuries, on this day, lovers give each other gifts and confess their love to each other. People in relationships want to please their other half. Couples think about buying a nice gift, showing feelings more than usual.

Valentine's Day 2020 - date

Valentine's Day in 2020 is celebrated, like every year, 14 February. They drop out in 2020 Friday. It is on this day that you can plan romantic dinners or trips, especially since in 2020 Valentine's Day will be on Friday, so lovers can celebrate throughout the weekend.

Valentine's Day - holiday story

Beginning of Valentine's Day return to antiquityI. In ancient Rome, on February 15, they celebrated the eve of Lupercalia, a holiday in honor of the Faun (the god of fertility). During the ceremony, the young men threw scraps of paper with the names of all the girls of Rome into a special urn. Short love poems were also placed in the urn. Then the cards were played, and thus couples were crossed. The related persons were to keep each other company until the end of the celebration.

Who was Saint Valentine?

Saint Valentine was Roman priest who arranged weddings for couples in love. The then-reigning Emperor Claudius II of Gotzki banned this practice because he was convinced that the best soldiers were single men between the ages of 18 and 37.

The priest ignored the ruler's ban, so he was thrown into jail. There he fell in love with the blind daughter of his guardian. The legend says that the girl, under the influence of Valentine's feelings, gained sight. The emperor, having learned about this, ordered Valentine's head to be cut off. Roman priest became the patron saint of lovers. It is worth knowing that he is also the protector of those affected by the disease.

Valentine's Day controversy

Part of Polish society is reluctant to celebrate Valentine's Day. He considers them a symptom of Americanization, a holiday alien to Polish culture. Some people do not celebrate Valentine's Day due to their commercial and consumer nature. They associate the holiday with the gift of kitsch things and an artificial, forced declaration of love.

According to some singles, Valentine's Day marginalizes those who are not in a relationship. Valentine's Day opponents aim to make the name of the day of lovers was given to the Kupala night (native holiday, previously celebrated by the Slavs, which falls on the night of June 21-22).