FUN VALENTINES DAY FACTS: Chocolate • Casanova, well known as The Worlds Greatest Lover, ate chocolate to make him virile. • Physicians of the 1800s commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost love. • Richard Cadbury produced the first box of chocolates for Valentines Day in the late 1800s. • More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentines Day. • Over $1 billion worth of chocolate is purchased for Valentines Day in the U.S. Flowers • 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines Day are men, while only 27 percent are women. • 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentines Day. Roses • The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. • Red roses are considered the flower of love because the color red stands for strong romantic feelings. • 189 million stems of roses are sold in the U.S. on Valentines Day. • California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the greater number sold on Valentines Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America. • Approximately 110 million roses, mostly red, will be sold and delivered within the three-day Valentines Day time period. Greeting Cards • Approximately one billion Valentines are sent out worldwide each year according to estimates by the U.S. Greeting Card Association. Thats second only to Christmas. • Women purchase approximately 85 percent of all Valentines. • Teachers will receive the most Valentines Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets. And... More fun facts about Valentines Day: • In addition to the United States, Valentines Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Denmark, and Italy. • The most fantastic gift of love is the Taj Mahal in India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to his wife. • Every Valentines Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeares lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet. • About 3% of pet owners will give Valentines Day gifts to their pets. • In the U.S., 64 percent of men do not make plans in advance for a romantic Valentines Day with their sweethearts.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 14:48:30 +0000
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