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History of Valentine's Day (Today's Inventory (1 billion…
History of Valentine's Day
Gifts
Who was Saint Valentine?
More than one name with Valentine
One Valentine sentenced to death for performing secret marriage ceremonies
Emperor Cladius ll banned marriage because he thought single man made better soliders
Throughout the years
Pope Gelasius declared Feb 14th Valentine's Day during the 5th century
It wasn't until the 1300's that Valentines day became associated with love and romance
During the 15th century, the first Valentines greeting was created
During the 17th Century, Great Brittan made it a tradition of exchanging cards and letters
During the 1840's mass amounts of Valentine's Day cards were created that soon exploded into a major consumer holiday
Today's Inventory
1 billion Valentine's Day cards are sent each year- more than any other holiday besides Christmas!!
More than 35 million heart shaped box chocolates are sold each year
More than 220 million roses are produced and sold
Americans spend 20 billion dollars each year- averaging 130 dollars per perosn
Most popular gifts include chocolates and flowers but 20% of Americans buy jewelry, averaging to 4 billion dollar profit annually
6 million couples likely to get engaged on Valentine's Day
