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 Valentine’s Day is Feb. 14. Did you know ...- Valentine’s Day beats out all other holidays for the number of cards sent.
- More than 190 Valentine’s Day Cards are bought every year; women account for 85 percent of the cards purchased.
- Consumers individually spend an average of more than $75 on Valentine’s Day gifts: chocolate, food, wine and flowers top the list.
- The name “Valentine” comes from the Latin word “valor,” which means worthy.
- In the Middle Ages, people believed that the first unmarried person of the opposite sex they encountered Valentine’s Day morning would be the person they would marry.
- Valentine’s Day is supposedly the day that birds choose their mates.
- People used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine’s Day, she would marry a sailor.
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