Valentine's Day

The origins of Valentine's Day are...

• Roman

• Greek

• Chinese

• Native American Indian

Who was Valentine?

• An angel

• A priest

• A king

• A soldier

Why did Claudius II outlaw marriage for young men?

• His wife died and he was jealous

• Single men made better soldiers

• He did not believe in marriage

• Divorce rates were too high

What did Valentine secretly do?

• He attempted to kill King Claudius II on February 14

• He secretly married couples

• He went to court and challenged Claudius's laws

• He built a famous church to celebrate Valentin's Day

How did Valentine sign his love letter?

• From your Valentine

• Be my Valentine

• Happy Valentine's day

• Love Valentine

Which is NOT a possible reason why we celebrate Valentine's Day on February 14th?

• Valentine died on February 14th

• To compete with the Roman celebration of Lupercalia

• Claudius II chose this date

What was Lupercalia?

• A Roman fertility festival dedicated to the god of agriculture

• The end of the harvest season

• The beginning of summer

• A two week period where the king would choose a wife for his son

Why did Romans sacrifice a goat and dip its hide into sacrificial blood?

• Roman women believed the sacrificial blood would make it easier for them to have babies

• To satisfy Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture

• To scare off demons that eat babies

• The blood would predict if a man and woman would have a good marriage

Why did the women put their names in a bowl?

• To be paired up with a man and possibly marry him

• To be sacrificed to Valentine

• As good luck to get pregnant

• To show who is single and who is married

Valentine's Day is the #1 "Card Sending Holiday"

• True

• False