{"id":403,"date":"2016-02-10T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T13:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/?p=403"},"modified":"2024-09-05T16:24:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T20:24:57","slug":"valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width: 196px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/valentine-Clever-Cupcakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"248\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Clever Cupcakes (Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 Celebrated on February 14th, c<\/span>hildren usually exchange cards at school on that day or one close to the holiday.\u00a0<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Au Pair in America&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day Pinterest Pinboard has lots of ideas for fun crafts and activities:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/valentines-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APIA&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day Pinterest Board<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Have a happy Valentine&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valentine\u2019s Day is a time of love, friendship, giving, and caring. 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