17 Facts about Valentines Day

Day 3,739, 02:05 • Published in Serbia Serbia • by suknjar


Let's start with wishing all of you to spent this day with a lot of joy and love!

I found some interesting facts about Valentines Day and I would love to share them with you in this article. 😁

#17

The most popular theory about Valentine's Day's origin is that Emperor Claudius II didn't want Roman men to marry during wartime. Bishop Valentine went against his wishes and performed secret weddings. For this, Valentine was jailed and executed. While in jail he wrote a note to the jailor's daugter signing it "from your Valentine".

#16

In Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign a Valentine’s Day card.

#15

Based on retail statistics, about 3 per cent of pet owners will give gifts to their pets on this day.

#14

About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year. This makes it the second largest seasonal card sending time of the year.

#13

If you’re single don’t despair. You can celebrate Singles Awareness Day (SAD) instead.

#12

In Finland, Valentine’s Day is called Ystävänpäivä, which translates into “Friend’s day”. It's more about remembering your buddies than your loved ones.

#11

Many believe the X symbol became synonymous with the kiss in medieval times. People who couldn't write their names signed in front of a witness with an X. The X was then kissed to show their sincerity.

#10
Girls of medieval times ate bizarre foods on this day to make them dream of their future spouse.

#9

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression "to wear your heart on your sleeve."

#8

In 1537, England's King Henry VIII officially declared Feb. 14 the holiday of St. Valentine's Day.

#7

More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate and 189 million stems of roses will be sold.

#6

73 percent of people who buy flowers on this day are men, while only 27 percent are women.

#5

15 percent of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.

#4

Over $1 billion worth of chocolate is purchased on this romantic day just in the U.S.

#3

Over 50 percent of all Valentine's Day cards are purchased in the six days prior to the holiday, making Valentine's Day a procrastinator's delight.

#2

220,000 is the average number of wedding proposals on Valentine's Day each year.

#1

Every Valentine's Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.

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