There are many ways on Valentines Day that love can be sent or expressed and many large stores use promotional balloons at this time of year to help sell their wares.

Here are just a few ways of saying : I Love You (be my Valentine)

I Love You -     French:   jet ‘aime  German:  Ich liebe Dich    Italian: Tlamo Irish: Gra’i’mthu’ Chinese: wo ai’ ni’   Greek:  s’a’gapo  Scottish:  ah love ye and last of all never to be remembered  ZULU: Ngiyakuthanda

The Spanish however say it in many beautiful ways :

Te Amo Muchisimo ( I love you very much) Juntos4ever (together forever) Te Quiero  (I love you)  Very sweet.

Valentine is short for St. Valentines Day when all over the world we celebrate love and affection between companions of those we would like to be companions. History says that numerous early Christian Martyrs and saints were named Valentine and honoured on the 14th February.  In 1969 the revision of the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints took place and the feast day of Saint Valentine was removed. This feast day is still celebrated in Malta where relics of a saint were claimed to be found.
Some believe that Valentines Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the death of St Valentine, which occurred in approx 270 ad.
One legend says that Valentine was a Priest who served during the third century in Rome and when Emperor Claudius II decided that single men madder better solders he outlawed marriage.  Valentine thought this was an injustice continued to perform marriages for your lovers in secret.  Claudius put him to death.
In the USA and other places around the world, candy flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones. We traditionally send flowers, chocolates and greeting cards.We also send and use wonderful versatile latex or foil  printed balloons. In Great Britain, Valentine’s Day began to be popularly celebrated around the seventeenth century. By the middle of the eighteenth century, it was common for friends and lovers in all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes. By the end of the century, printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one’s feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage stamps also contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine’s Day greetings. In the USA, Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began to sell the first mass-produced valentines in America.
The Greeting Card Association say that one billion valentine cards are send each year making this day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year as an estimated 2.6 billion Christmas cards are sent.
One can see the oldest recorded Valentines Card in the British Museum.

We here at Balloons Galore can supply you with some wonderful ideas for Valentines Balloons, from latex printed ones to just the simple heart shaped foils.  Some of these heart shaped foils can be obtained with the clear and concise message.  Happy Valentines Day or I love you in simply hundreds of designs.  Or, for that special touch, why don’t you give us a call and tell us what you would want printed on the latex or foil balloon.This balloon could be the changing of your life; the girl or guy of your dreams could be swept off their feet.  You could pop the question on the balloon!

BE MY BRIDE OR GROOM..
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