{"id":137,"date":"2008-02-14T09:40:03","date_gmt":"2008-02-14T10:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=137"},"modified":"2018-01-24T11:23:44","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T11:23:44","slug":"st-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?p=137","title":{"rendered":"St. Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_16153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16153\" style=\"width: 554px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"16153\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=16153\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/valentines.jpg?fit=554%2C378\" data-orig-size=\"554,378\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;FinePix A303&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.7&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.017857142857143&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"valentines\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt; \u00a9 F H Powell 2008&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/valentines.jpg?fit=554%2C378\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/valentines.jpg?resize=554%2C378\" alt=\"miniature Valentine cards\" width=\"554\" height=\"378\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/valentines.jpg?w=554 554w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/valentines.jpg?resize=300%2C205 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 554px) 100vw, 554px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 F H Powell 2008<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThis is celebrated on February 14th. <\/p>\n<p>Traditionally (from Saxon times onwards) a pair of gloves <!--more-->was presented to a lady as a token by her man, gloves at this time represented authority. Today the lady in question is more likely to receive a single red rose as a sign of undying love.<\/p>\n<p>A full history of St Valentine&#8217;s Day can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnenglish.de\/culture\/ValentinesDay.htm\">here<\/a><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10414\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10414\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10414\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=10414\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/heartgirl2a.jpg?fit=263%2C305\" data-orig-size=\"263,305\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"heartgirl2a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;\u00a9 F H Powell 2014&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/heartgirl2a.jpg?fit=263%2C305\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/heartgirl2a.jpg?resize=259%2C300\" alt=\"Pattern for dolls clothes\" width=\"259\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/heartgirl2a.jpg?resize=259%2C300 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/store.buttercupminiatures.co.uk\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/heartgirl2a.jpg?w=263 263w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10414\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 F H Powell 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n<p>We have a large selection of items suitable for St Valentine&#8217;s Day in the dolls house from Valentine&#8217;s cards, flower kits to Welsh Love Spoons on our web shop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is celebrated on February 14th. 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