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*The heart is the warmest Valentine’s Day symbol because it represents love in its purest form. Giving someone your heart means giving him/ her the thing that is most precious and vital to you.
*Lace is a tradition associated with love. In the past, if a woman liked a man, she dropped her lace handkerchief to send a signal to the man, this was a form of encouragement to him, and if he picked it up for her the feeling was thought to be mutual and an introduction could be made. Lace has always been part of women's handkerchiefs, and it has since been linked to romance.
Valentines Day PostcardsThough Saint Valentine was deleted from the Roman Catholic church's calenda…