JAP
02-05-2003, 10:23 AM
- Approximately 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are sent each year.
- February 14 is the second most celebrated day in the United States, Christmas is the first
- The expression "wearing your heart on your sleeve" comes from a Valentine's Day party tradition. Young women would write their names on slips of paper to be drawn by young men. A man would then wear a woman's name on his sleeve to claim her as his valentine.
- Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines.
- Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine's day each year.
- 85% of all valentines are purchased by women.
- Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine's Day.
HAPPY EARLY VALENTINE'S DAY!
- February 14 is the second most celebrated day in the United States, Christmas is the first
- The expression "wearing your heart on your sleeve" comes from a Valentine's Day party tradition. Young women would write their names on slips of paper to be drawn by young men. A man would then wear a woman's name on his sleeve to claim her as his valentine.
- Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines.
- Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine's day each year.
- 85% of all valentines are purchased by women.
- Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine's Day.
HAPPY EARLY VALENTINE'S DAY!