At present time love letters on St. Valentines Day mean just congratulatory cards that look like hearts. These letters usually contain best regards, declarations of love, proposals or simple jokes. These letters are not usually signed, and the person who received it should guess who sent the letter. Except letters, men give their beloved women roses on this day (they are considered to symbolize love), sweets and other subjects with images of hearts, kissing birds and, certainly, the recognized symbol of St. Valentines Day - an angel with a bow.
In ancient Rome, there was no St. Valentine. But there was the crafty god Faun (Luprk is one of his nicknames), the patron of herds and the temper of women. His holiday was celebrated on February, 15 on the slopes of Palatin Hill. It was a big holiday devoted to the Faun. It was a holiday of abundance. The day prior to this holiday was the holiday of the Roman goddess of marriage, motherhood and women Juno. On this day girls wrote love letters. Letters were put into a huge vase, and then men pulled out those letters. Then men started to look for that girl whose love letter he has pulled out.
The Valentine's day was once named "the Bird's wedding". It was considered that birds form marriage pairs in the second week of the second month of the year.