St Valentine's Day is celebrated on February, 14. Every St Valentine's Day thousands of people travel to a small village on Scotland's border with England to get married. The village is called Gretna Green. Its romantic reputation began in 1754. In that times in England marriage for the people under the age of 21 without parents' permission was banned. However, in Scotland this permission was not required. Gretna Green was the first stop across the border. Many young couples came to Gretna Green to get married there.
Nowadays, in this place, at least one couple get married every day of the year. Weddings for St Valentine's Day have to be booked 3 months in advance. On this day boys and girls, sweethearts, husbands and wives, friends and neighbours exchange greetings of affection and love. People send each other greeting cards, chocolates and flowers. Valentine's cards are very colourful, with a couple of human hearts on them.
There is a version of the first Valentine. It was a bishop, a Christian martyr who before he was put to a death by the Romans sent a note of friendship to his jailer's blind daughter.
