https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh Valentines Day traditions around the world en-us 2019-02-14 21:58:40 UTC 2026-01-11 05:14:50 UTC hello@padlet.com 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331550370 Woman in Japan make the first move on valentines day. They give men gifts instead of the other way around, a popular gift being honmei-choco, a homemade chocolate.]]> 2019-02-14 22:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331550370 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331552290 In Korea it is the same as Japan. South Korea has a third holiday, known as Black Day. ]]> 2019-02-14 22:26:43 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331552290 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331554035 Slovenians celebrate romance a month later, on St. Gregory’s Day, on March 12.]]> 2019-02-14 22:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331554035 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331554257 Finland and Estonia celebrate Friend’s Day on February 14, a day for honoring both friends and significant others.]]> 2019-02-14 22:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331554257 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331555152 St. Dwynwen is the Welsh patron saint of lovers and men traditionally gift women with hand-carved wooden spoons.]]> 2019-02-14 22:39:09 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331555152 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331555288 The United Kingdom also started the tradition of giving roses on Valentine’s Day. The flower is traditionally seen as the favorite of Venus, the Roman goddess of love.]]> 2019-02-14 22:39:47 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331555288 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331555534 “Qixi Festival,” which means “The Night of Seven,” and is celebrated usually in early August, on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month. This tradition recalls an old ancestral story that has been passed from generation to generation for centuries.]]> 2019-02-14 22:40:43 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331555534 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331555910 One day isn't enough to celebrate Valentine's in Argentina, land of Tango.  Argentinians take a week to celebrate the occasion.]]> 2019-02-14 22:42:07 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331555910 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556039  Lovers will exchange not only chocolates, flowers, and heart shaped gifts, but a special something else for this celebration: a pig!]]> 2019-02-14 22:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556039 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556148  "Day of Love" is celebrated in classic style with a spring Festival! On Valentine’s day couples get together to enjoy music, poetry and exchange gifts.]]> 2019-02-14 22:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556148 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556631 2019-02-14 22:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556631 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556799 2019-02-14 22:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556799 355266 https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556953 2019-02-14 22:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/355266/jxud6hlczteh/wish/331556953