Valentine's Day - February 14
One legend has it that Valentine’s Day originated to commemorate the anniversary of the death of St. Valentine, a Roman clergyman who was executed on Feb. 14, about 270 A.D., for secretly marrying couples in defiance of the emperor. Americans probably began exchanging handmade valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther Howland, a native of Massachusetts, began to sell the nation’s first mass-produced valentine cards.
Top Ways to Celebrate Valentine's Day:
Cards - 65% Date Night - 42%
Candy - 38% Flowers - 32%
Toys - 21% Perfume - 12%
Jewelry - 11% Other gift: 17%
What about you? What kind of gift are you going to give your Valentine this year? Please visit our Survey page.
Interesting American Cities for Valentine's:
Valentine, Nebraska
Valentine, Texas
Loveland, Colorado
Loveland, Ohio
Lovelady, Texas
Love Valley, North Carolina
Lovejoy, Georgia
Loving, New Mexico
Romeo, Colorado
Romeoville, Illinois
Some fun facts about Valentine's day:
- 74% of Americans celebrate Valentine's Day.
- 14% of American women send themselves flowers on Valentine's day.
- 180 million cards are sent every year.
- 4% of pet owners give their pets a Valentine gift.
- Teachers receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts.
- The city of Verona in Italy, where Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every year.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
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Man Giving Woman Roses © Jason Stitt - Fotolia com
