Love Note Day

Exchange of letters has long been one of the most romantic ways for lovers to communicate Personal notes were found by scientists among birch bark documents of the 11th century At the end of the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance, high society ladies strangled the paper with a message before putting it in an envelope The note could have been accompanied by dried flower petals The message was sent by messenger or secretly conveyed to the gentleman at a ball or social event With the advent of the Internet, the exchange of messages of love content has practically ceased Love Note Day, which is celebrated on the fourth Friday of September, is intended to revive this long-standing tradition In honor of Love Note Day, it is customary to write messages telling about your feelings and give them to your significant other Today, few people master the art of writing “personal” letters Therefore, the Internet is teeming with examples of love notes for men and women of various contents But some prefer to turn to professionals for this purpose Italian Laura Nunziante writes 5 to 10 messages weekly to Diana, Michael and Oscar, whom she has never met Her profession is writing love notes for clients A page of the author's text from L Nunziante, who studied the basics of creative writing at one of the London universities, costs 50 euros Ladies and gentlemen of the Renaissance and later times mastered the skill of writing short love letters to perfection The notes discussed the nature of passion, complained about the coldness of the chosen one, reconciled after a quarrel, and agreed on secret dates The epistolary genre, which was usually used for writing letters, was not recommended for use in this case Instructions regarding the content of a love note are set out in the Letter Book, published in 1822 in St Petersburg: “These letters completely deviate from the style of letters One passion should guide the pen everywhere There should not be the slightest exaggeration in them; they are written in the most movement of passion" Particular attention was paid to style and the heat that should be felt in the letter from beginning to end It was not recommended to use overly ornate and intricate expressions In honor of Love Note Day, everyone can arm themselves with instructions from 200 years ago and write a note to their soulmate in a classic style The creators of the holiday are sure that the object of adoration will be pleased to receive a small but passionate letter with a declaration of love “Lord, how boring we live! We have stopped climbing into the windows of our beloved women,” lamented Hippolyte, the hero of the film “Irony” fate" And people have almost forgotten about romance, ceasing to exchange scented love messages in paper envelopes or without them The joy of receiving an SMS cannot be compared with the flight of the soul and the delight that you experience every time you receive a handwritten letter And in it there is an ornate beginning: “The lamp of my soul, the joy of my eyes!” and an elegant ending: “My angel, I kiss your lovely hands!” A sweet and touching holiday - Love Note Day - is designed to remember the traditions of our great-great-grandmothers and feel like a noteworthy beauty or a gallant hussar