Fun Valentine’s Day facts you may not have heard before
Posted Feb 14, 2015 09:45:53 AM.
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- According to stvalentinesday.org about 1-billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged in the US each year, with women purchasing 85%.
- In order of popularity, cards are given to teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweet hearts, and pets. About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
- Valentine’s Day and Mothers Day are the biggest holidays for giving flowers and worldwide over 50 million roses are given out on the 14th each year. 73% of those who buy flowers, are men.
- Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentine’s Day candy box in the late 1800’s.
- In some countries a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a perspective suitor, if the gift is kept it means she has accepts his marriage proposal.
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