Wednesday, February 14, 2007

• 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.
  
  
• Early Christians saw Valentine's Day as a way to honor St. Valentine. The Catholic Church recognizes three saints by that name - all were martyred on February 14.
  
  
• The United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France and Australia all celebrate Valentine's Day.
  
  
• Over 1 billion Valentine cards are sent in the U.S each year.
  
  
• 85% of all valentines are purchased by women.
  
  
• Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines.]
  Valentine's Day and Mother's Day are the biggest holidays for giving flowers.
  
  
• Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine's Day each year.
  
  
• Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine's Day.
  
  
• Married on Valentine's Day:
  Diane Ladd, Sharon Stone, Prince, Roseanne, Jerry Garcia, Harold Robbins, Meg Ryan, Dennis Quaid and Elton John
  
  
• Born On Valentine's Day:
  Hugh Downs, Florence Henderson, Carl Bernstein, Gregory Hines, magician Teller of Penn and Teller, Ken Wahl and Meg Tilly
  
  

posted by Rachelle
at 11:01 PM