{"id":140,"date":"2011-02-01T22:06:45","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T03:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hennaarts.com\/blog\/valentines-day-facts-and-fun\/"},"modified":"2016-06-18T21:29:25","modified_gmt":"2016-06-19T02:29:25","slug":"valentines-day-facts-and-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hennaarts.com\/blog\/valentines-day-facts-and-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine’s Day ~ Facts and Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

The day is named after one or more early Christian martyrs named Valentine and was established by Pope \"henna-arts-valentine-<\/a>Gelasius I in 500 AD. It was deleted from the Roman calendar of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI, but its religious observance is still permitted. No romantic elements are present in the original early medieval biographies of either of these martyrs. By the time a Saint Valentine became linked to romance in the 14th century, distinctions between Valentine of Rome and Valentine of Terni were utterly lost.<\/p>\n

There are so many stories and beliefs, but those legends provided no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail.<\/p>\n

There is an additional modern embellishment to the Golden Legend, provided by American Greetings to History.com, and widely repeated despite having no historical basis whatsoever. On the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he would have written the first “valentine” card himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved, as the jailer’s daughter whom he had befriended and healed, or both. It was a note that read “From your Valentine.”\"henna-arts-valentine-<\/a><\/p>\n

With this story here is the enjoyable and unbelievable collection of Valentine’s Day Fun Facts:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022Every Valentine’s Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
\n\u2022 Many believe the ‘X’ symbol became synonymous with the kiss in medieval times. People who couldn’t write their names signed in front of a witness with an ‘X.’ The ‘X’ was then kissed to show their sincerity.
\n\u2022 Girls of medieval times ate bizarre foods on St. Valentine’s Day to make them dream of their future spouse.
\n\u2022 In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression “to wear your heart on your sleeve.”<\/p>\n

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\u2022 In 1537, England’s King Henry VII officially declared February 14th the holiday of St. Valentine’s Day.
\n\u2022 About eight billion candy hearts were made last year, the association says-enough to stretch from Rome, Italy, to Valentine, Arizona, and back again 20 times.
\n<\/span>\u2022 About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged in US each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas. \"henna-arts-valentine-<\/a>
\n\u2022 Women purchase 85% of all valentines.
\n<\/span>\u2022 In order of popularity, Valentine’s Day cards are given to teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets.
\n\u2022 Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines.
\n<\/span>\u2022 About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
\n\u2022 Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are the biggest holidays for giving flowers.
\n<\/span>\u2022 Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine’s Day each year.
\n\u2022 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.
\n<\/span>\u2022 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine’s Day.
\n\u2022 Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s.<\/span>
\n\u2022 Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an “Improvement in Telegraphy”, on Valentine’s Day, 1876.
\n\u2022The oldest surviving love poem till date is written in a clay tablet from the times of the Sumerians, inventors of writing, around 3500 B.C
\n<\/span>\u2022In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St Valentine’s Day to make them dream of their future husband.<\/p>\n

Valentine’s Day Superstitions
\n<\/strong>\u2022<\/span> It is said that the kind of bird a girl watches on Valentine’s Day predicts her future husband. For instance:\"henna-arts-valentine-<\/a>
\nSparrow: a poor man
\nOwl: remain spinster
\nBluebird: a happy man
\nBlackbird: a priest or clergyman
\nCrossbill: an argumentative man<\/p>\n

\u2022If an apple is cut in half, the number of seeds found inside the fruit will indicate the number of children that individual will have.
\n\u2022If you see a squirrel on Valentine’s Day, you will marry a cheapskate who will hoard all your money.
\n\u2022If you see a goldfinch on Valentine’s Day, you will marry a millionaire.
\n\u2022If you see a robin on Valentine’s Day, you will marry a crime fighter – maybe they mean Batman!
\n\u2022If you see a flock of doves on Valentine’s Day, you will have a happy, peaceful marriage.
\n\u2022If you find a glove on the road on Valentine’s Day, your future beloved will have the other missing glove.
\n\u2022 <\/span>If an individual thinks of five or six names considered to be suitable marriage partners and twists the stem of an apple while the names are being recited, then it is believed the eventual spouse will be the one whose name was recited at the moment the stem broke. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\nHappy Valentine\u2019s Day !! <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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