Hey Max here, I’m back, and I just wanted to wish you a great valentine’s day.
Every year at this day millions of gifts are exchanged between lovers, but why do we actually do it? And who is St. Valentine? Well now I will tell you, I’m almost sure that you don’t know the story 
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Well, legend tells that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers that those with wives and family, so he outlawed marriage for young men, but Valentine defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages in secret. But then Valentine were discovered and Claudius ordered him arrested. While awaiting his punishment in prison, Valentine was approached by his jailor, Asterius. It was said that Valentine had an ability to heal people. Asterius had a blind daughter and knowing of the miraculous powers of Valentine he requested the latter to restore the sight of his blind daughter, and the legend tells that he succeed to do so. When emperor Claudius II met Valentine, he tried to convert Valentine to the Roman gods but was unsuccessful in his efforts. Valentine refused to recognize Roman Gods and he even attempted to convert the emperor, knowing the consequences fully. This angered Claudius II who gave the order of execution of Valentine. Meanwhile, a deep friendship had been created between Valentine and Asterius’ daughter, and it caused great pain to the young girl hearing of his friend’s death. It is said that just before his execution, Valentine asked for a pen and paper from his jailor, and signed a farewell message to her “From Your Valentine,” a phrase that lived ever after.
It is believed that Valentine was executed on February 14, 270 AD. Therefore 14th February became a day for all lovers and Valentine became it’s Saint. On that particular day Romans began to do handwritten greetings of affection, known as Valentines, to the women they admired. But it was only in the 14th century that St. Valentine day became definitively associated with love. Around the middle ages Valentine became the most popular saint in England and France. Then in the 18th century gift giving and exchanging hand-made cards on Valentine’s Day became common. Today, Valentine is celebrated all over the world. According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine’s Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year.
That was the short story, didn’t wont to bother you with the long one hehe. I really hope you liked it, if you want to know more you can always google it and you will find a looooot of things on it 
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So that’s all for now, next time I will be up with a video of me and my friend having some fun on a snowy mountain (it was properly the last snow I saw for this year), anyway it was filmed on saturday but I just didn’t had time to but it on YouTube, but I’m sure that you will get it before the end of monday .
See you until then, ciao <3
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haha, enjoy.