Valentines Day Facts

• Valentines day has connection with the term fertility because it is on the fourteenth of February when even before the birth of Saint Valentine, the birds used to mate with their partners.
• February fifteenth was a lottery day for men for deciding their girl partner.
• It was during the Middle Ages when girls maintained their belief that the first man they would get to see on the Valentine Day would be their future spouse.
• The trend of exchanging cards and gifts started during the seventeenth century and their sale boosted by the nineteenth century.
• Origin of Valentines Day dates back to the times of Roman Empire during the reign of Claudius II. Claudius was under the impression that single men turned out to be better soldiers because marriage hinders a man's progress. It was during those days when the emperor got to know that Saint Valentine was secretly helping young men and women in getting married so he awarded Saint Valentine with death sentence. While in jail he gave his heart to the daughter of jailor and he wrote her a love note and ended it by writing " from your valentine".
• By the end of eighteenth century, as an alternative to hand written letters came printed cards and all this is attributable to developments in printing technology and since then the fashion of exchanging beautifully quoted greeting cards began and this trend of presenting cards as a token of love will never fade. Every year virtually one billion cards are sent making it the next largest greeting card exchanging day after Christmas.
• Women are more actively involved in buying valentine greetings.
• People had a belief that if a robin flies above an unmarried woman's head, then it is likely that her wedding knots would get tied with a sailor.
• In Wales the trend is of gifting love spoons on the Valentines Day with splendid carvings on it.
• In some countries like US and Canada valentine is not just meant for lovers but it is a day of friendship too when school kids exchange cards among friends and decorate their classrooms and have a nice time. They prepare valentine gifts. Sometimes they draw cards for their teachers also.

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