St. Valentine´s Day

Sugar Cookies

Ingredients

• 340 g butter, softened

• 400 g white sugar

• 4 eggs

• 5 ml vanilla extract

• 625 g all-purpose flour

• 9 g baking powder

• 6 g salt

Directions

1. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).

2. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

3. Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

 

ST. Valentine´s Day

St. Valentine’s Day


Valentine's Day originated as a day to celebrate Christian martyrs (martyrs are people who die for a religion, principle or cause). It was a religious celebration honoring two people named Valentine: Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni. On February 14th Catholics would have a feast in honor of the Valentines. In 1969, Saint Valentine's Day was removed from the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints.

The original Valentine's Day was not a romantic holiday. The romantic Valentine's Day celebrates a priest named Valentine. The Roman Emperor Claudis II forbid marriage. The priest Valentine would secretly marry couples going against the Emperor's law. Priest Valentine was put in jail for marrying couples. He was seen as the martyr of love.

Now, Valentine's Day is the celebration of love and romantic relationships. It is still celebrated on February 14th every year. In the United States of American, couples give each other presents, take special vacations or have meals to celebrate on Valentine's Day. Children have parties in school and make Valentines (special cards made for Valentine's Day that usually have rhymes or poems about love). Everyone makes heart-shaped cookies and eats lots of chocolate. Common decorations for Valentine's Day are hearts, flowers, Cupid, chocolates and lots of red, pink and white.

Who am I?

Try to guess who I am & where I am from.


Greetings Children,



-Good day from the 17th century.

-I am from Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England.

-I am a well known playwright and poet.

-Many consider me to be the greatest writer in the English language of all time.

-My works consist of 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and two long narrative poems.

-You may know one of them, Romeo and Juliet.

Try to guess the CITY and the COUNTRY it belongs to!!

1. Taxis in this city are yellow.

2. There are many skyscrapers in this wonderful place.

3. New Year's celebration is shown on TV all around the world.

4. This city has a famous statue that was a gift given by France to mark the Centennial Declaration of its independence.

5. The Big Apple is a nickname given to this city.

6. Michael Jordan, one of the best basketball players in history, was born here.

7. The most significant terrorist attack in history was carried out here 10 years ago.