Valentine's Day is February 14.
In 2009, Valentine's Day falls on a Saturday.
Traditional Valentine's day imagery includes hearts, Cupid, candy, kissing couples, hand-holding, cute animals.
Valentine's Day is named for St. Valentine, the patron saint of lovers.
Popular gifts to give on Valentine's Day include candy, flowers, cards.
Valentine's Day Trivia
Valentine's Day is the second largest card-sending holiday in America, with the first being Christmas.
More than half of America's roses are grown in the state of California, however, during Valentine's Day, most of the roses sold in shops are imported from South America.
Hallmark makes over 1300 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.
The earliest known Valentine was sent during the early 1400s by the Duke of Orleans. While imprisoned in the tower of London, he sent love letters to his wife. The Valentine is still on display today in the Museum of England.
Hey looking good over here...love the VDay trivia, Glenn came up with a much different history than yours..remind me to tell you!
ReplyDeleteHugs to everyone!!
Susan