{"id":1407,"date":"2015-02-11T18:34:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T16:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2023-06-23T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T08:49:13","slug":"valentines-day-history-day-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2015\/02\/valentines-day-history-day-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day: A History of the Day of Love"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em><strong>B1 &#8211; Intermediate<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the article below to know the brief history of Valentine&#8217;s Day. Understand the story behind the holiday when most countries spend a lot of money and when florists and chocolate stores have very good profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/valentine-love-february14-candy-hearts-chocolate\/1850316.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/learningenglish.voanews.com\/a\/valentine-love-february14-candy-hearts-chocolate\/1850316.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Is Valentine&#8217;s Day big in your country? How do people usually celebrate it?<br>2. Do you think Valentine&#8217;s Day is too commercial or consumerist? Explain.<br>3. Talk about your favourite Valentine&#8217;s Day memory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B1 &#8211; Intermediate Read the article below to know the brief history of Valentine&#8217;s Day. 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