[GrammaK forwarded this. No vouching for accuracy but have fun wowing
everyone with your knowledge of VALENTINE’S DAY TRIVIA]
~ 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27%
are women. 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day.
~ About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year. That’s the
largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.
~ About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
~ California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold
on Valentine’s Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South
America. Approximately 110 million roses, the majority (red), will be sold
and delivered within a three-day time period.
~ February 14, 270 A.D. : Roman Emperor Claudius II, dubbed “Claudius the
Cruel,” beheaded a priest named Valentine for performing marriage
ceremonies. Claudius II had outlawed marriages when Roman men began refusing
to go to war in order to stay with their wives.
~ Hallmark has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine’s Day.
~ In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who
their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for
one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for
other people to know how you are feeling.
~ In the United States, 64 percent of men do not make plans in advance for a
romantic Valentine’s Day with their sweethearts. Of course this year you
can sit with her in Church and truly make her heart joyful.
~ Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on
Valentine’s Day, it meant she would marry a sailor. If she saw a sparrow,
she would marry a poor man and be very happy. If she saw a goldfinch, she
would marry a millionaire.
~ Teachers will receive the most Valentine’s Day cards, followed by
children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts. Children ages 6 to 10
exchange more than 650 million Valentine’s cards with teachers, classmates,
and family members.
~ In the 17th century a hopeful maiden ate a hard-boiled egg and pinned five
bay leaves to her pillow before going to sleep on Valentine’s eve. It was
believed this would make her dream of her future husband.
~ The Empire State Building in New York City played a prominent role in the
movie “Sleepless in Seattle.” Each year an average of 15 couples make (or
renew) their vows on the 80th floor of this famous landmark.
~ The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet
lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine’s
Day.
~ The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love.
Red stands for strong feelings which is why a red rose is a flower of love.
~ Valentine’s Day is big business. Consumers will spend an average of $77.43
on Valentine’s Day gifts this year. E-commerce retailers expect to rack up
about $650 million in sales of food, candy, flowers, and other Valentine’s
Day gifts. Of that amount about $350 million will be for gifts and flowers
and another $45 million will be spent on food (including chocolate) and
wine.
~ Chocolate manufacturers currently use 40% of the world’s almonds and 20%
of the world’s peanuts.
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Dr Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
“Jesus Knows Me, This I Love!”