{"id":537,"date":"2010-02-12T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/?p=537"},"modified":"2010-02-12T15:44:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-12T20:44:25","slug":"valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/2010\/02\/12\/valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#039;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-540  aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/chicagoarea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2010\/02\/hearts-150x82.png\" alt=\"hearts\" width=\"472\" height=\"124\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>February 14 \u2013\u00a0 Valentine\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>Day<\/strong> is a time of love, friendship, giving, and caring. Americans use Valentine\u2019s Day as an opportunity to tell friends and family how much they care.\u00a0 Children usually exchange cards at school. Everyone wants to know they are thought of and \u00a0loved\u00a0AND \u00a0this is the day to show it. Some show it by giving a card other&#8217;s show it by giving candy or a small gift.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out the following link for things to do and make this Valentine&#8217;s Day &#8212; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/calendars\/#14\">http:\/\/www.aupairinamerica.com\/resources\/calendars\/#14<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 14 \u2013\u00a0 Valentine\u2019s Day is a time of love, friendship, giving, and caring. Americans use Valentine\u2019s Day as an opportunity to tell friends and family how much they care.\u00a0 Children usually exchange cards at school. 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