#1. Love is like a box of chocolate
Well... I guess it is kinda true! Because every year on or around valentine's day, more than 36 million heart shaped boxes of chocolates are sold across the country.
#2. How much??
Sorry in-advance to all men.. Because it looks like you’ll be spending twice as much as women this year on gifts. The average man spends $130 on Valentine’s Day, while as of 2019 records and before women spend about $70.
#3. Man's best friend or Man's main squeeze
Don’t forget about your pets! Yep as of the records from the 2010s. Every February, around 9 million people buy their pets a Valentine’s Day gift. Where are the heart shaped bones?
#4. Hallmarks rejoice
Hard to believe in some ways that February 14th is the second largest card giving day of the year, just after Christmas. This year, it’s expected that 1 billion cards will be exchanged around the world.
#5. Valentines
Teachers are the big winner in this category. Because its teachers who receive the most Valentine’s Day cards, followed by kids, mothers, wives and girlfriends.
#6. The hallmark holiday
We have heard the term of that's a hallmark holiday. Well its true!! Hallmark was one of the first to mass produce a Valentine’s Day card, all the way back in 1913.
#7. It's All Good!
Let's be honest from the survey, more than one-third of men are comfortable not receiving anything from a lover on Valentine’s Day.
#8. Flower Power
It’s estimated that the U.S. alone is going to spend $3.3 billion on flowers for loved ones this year. It's the easy way to survive this holiday!!
#9. Valentine vs MOM
This has been the longest grudge match for some time but the only other day that beats Valentine’s Day in floral sales is Mother’s Day.
#10. Fun fact for a fun fact list
Would you believe that young people are leading the trend in floral sales? In 2016, 63% of floral-buying households were under the age of 35.
#11. It has some pretty dark roots.
Historians believe Valentine's Day actually began in Ancient Rome as a pagan fertility festival called Lupercalia, with the celebration dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, and Roman founders Romulus and Remus. According to History.com, the day was celebrated with activities that included sacrificing animals and whipping women with animal skins until they bled, signifying their fertility.
#12. In the 1300s, it officially became a holiday associated with love and romance.
The holiday was Christianized — no more animal sacrifices! — when the
Roman Pope Gelasius officially declared the date of February 14 "St.
Valentine's Day." The day then became associated with love because many
believed that birds started their mating season on February 14.
#13. Saint Valentine wasn't just one person.
In fact, he might have been two or three. But the most common "founder" of Valentine's Day was the Saint Valentine who defied Emperor Claudius II. At the time, Claudius had banned marriage because he thought it distracted young soldiers. Valentine felt a bit differently — he illegally married couples until he was caught. After he was sentenced to his death, young couples would visit his cell and give him flowers and cards. And the day he actually died? February 14. Allegedly. But there have been multiple St. Valentines throughout history, including a bishop and one Pope (he only served for 40 days in 827 A.D.).
#14. The first valentine was sent in the 15th century.
The oldest record of a valentine being sent, according to History.com, was a poem written by a French medieval duke named Charles to his wife in 1415. Charles penned this sweet note to his lover while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London at just 21 years old. One of the lines in the poem? "I am already sick of love, My very gentle Valentine." Swoon!
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