Why does February have 29 days every 4 years?
Our yearly calendar has 365 days, known as the length of time it takes the earth to travel around the sun. It actually takes a little longer so every four years, we add an extra day to February, the shortest month, to make up for this. Why do we celebrate Valentine’s Day? The day was named after a Christian saint, St. Valentine. There are legends about at least three people named Valentine or Valentinus from ancient Rome. The most popular story is about a man who was executed on February 14. This claims that St. Valentine was a priest who arranged secret marriages at a time when the Roman emperor, Claudius, banned all marriages and engagements in Rome to help recruit soldiers for his armies. Some people believe that love and romance became linked to Valentine’s Day in the Middle Ages. At that time, people in England and France believed that birds began looking for their mates on February 14. Whatever the reason, Valentine’s Day has long been a festival celebrating love and romance. In