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Saint Valentine's Day[1] (commonly shortened to Valentine's Day[1][2][3]) is an annual holiday held on February 14 celebrating love and affection between intimate companions.[1][3] The holiday is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD. It is traditionally a day on which lovers express their love for each other by presenting flowers, offering confectionery, and sending greeting cards (known as "valentines"). The holiday first became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
Modern Valentine's Day symbols include the heart-shaped outline, doves, and the figure of the winged Cupid. Since the 19th century, handwritten valentines have largely given way to mass-produced greeting cards.[4]
The sending of Valentines was a fashion in nineteenth-century Great Britain, and, in 1847, Esther Howland developed a successful business in her Worcester, Massachusetts home with hand-made Valentine cards based on British models. The popularity of Valentine cards in 19th century America, where many Valentine cards are now general greeting cards rather than declarations of love, was a harbinger of the future commercialization of holidays in the United States.[5] It's considered one of the Hallmark holidays.
The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year, behind Christmas. The association estimates that, in the US, men spend on average twice as much money as women.[6]

My name is (пишешь как тебя зовут). I’m twelve years old. I want to tell about my best friend. Her name is Ann. We are of the same age and she’s my school-mate. Ann is very beautiful and clever girl. She’s purposeful, hard-working and patient person. She always achieves success and overcomes difficulties. Ann does well at school and she’s high achiever. Her favourite subjects are mathematics and literature. Ann is fond of drawing. She has been going to art school for four years. Also she’s very careful and polite. Ann helps her mother to keep house with pleasure. We like to watch comedies and animated cartoons together. Ann is sociable and cheerful. It is always interesting to talk to her. I can rely on her in hour of need and I know that she’ll help me. Ann is wonderful friend. If we don’t see each other for a short while I miss her. Меня зовут.Мне 12 лет. Я хочу рассказать о своей лучшей подруге. Её зовут Аня. Она моя ровесница, мы учимся в одном классе. Аня очень красивая и умная девочка. Она очень целеустремлённая, старательная и терпеливая. Всегда добивается своего, как трудно бы не было. Аня учится очень хорошо, она «отличница». Её любимые предметы в школе – математика и литература. Аня очень любит рисовать. Уже четыре года она занимается в художественной школе. Ещё она очень аккуратная и вежливая. Аня с удовольствием маме по хозяйству. Мы с ней вместе любим смотреть комедии и мультфильмы. Аня общительная и весёлая. С ней всегда интересно. В трудную минуту на неё можно положиться, зная, что она всегда Аня замечательная подруга. Если мы ненадолго расстаёмся, то мне сильно её не хватает.

It was a beautiful spring day. Natalie was going along the street and looking at the strangers. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, but Natalie paid no attention to the wonders of nature. From her childhood Natalie was used to achieving what she wanted and she would work hard to earn money. Getting rich was her greatest ambition, and she spared no efforts to become rich and famous. She couldn’t waste time on anything else. 
Years passed. Natalie devoted her life to making a career and she neglected her family and friends. She lost interest in hobbies and it never came to her mind to take up some sport. She did reach her aim in the end but somehow she felt far from happy. 
One day she discovered her life was over. Natalie didn’t have children or friends, so by the time she had enough money to burn, she had no one to share it with. Natalie understood her main mistake and died with the words: “If I could live my life from the beginning, I would have devoted it to people instead of money.”