This is one of the toastmaster speech I delivered a few days before Valentine's day last year. ========== Good afternoon. February 14 is a red-letter day for many people. This is the day most people look forward to, especially for the lovers. But for me, this is just an ordinary day, nothing special, for I do not believe in celebrating Valentine’s Day. In fact, I feel awkward to stand in front of you to deliver a valentine’s speech. Yes, you guess it right – I am the scrooge of Valentines. But before you raise your eyebrows and give me a piercing look, allow me to state my reasons … First, for me, the origins of Valentines day is not clear. The holiday appears to be named after two early Christian martyrs named Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni. Valentine of Rome [9] was a priest in Rome while Valentine of Terni became bishop of Interamna and both were martyred and buried on the Via Flaminia . In the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic Calenda
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