Happy Valentine's Day errryone. I was just on Wikipedia reading about Valentine's Day traditions and other stuff on there that is pretty useless and here's what I found:
-A modern day poem:
The rose is red, the violet's blue
The honey's sweet, and so are you
Thou are my love and I am thine
I drew thee to my Valentine
The lot was cast and then I drew
And Fortune said it should be you
-The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the US
-The rise of Internet popularity at the turn of the millennium is creating new traditions. Millions of people use, every year, digital means of creating and sending Valentine's Day greeting messages such as e-cards, love coupons or printable greeting cards. An estimated 15 million e-valentines were sent in 2010
-In the UK, just under half the population spend money on their Valentines and around 1.3 billion pounds is spent yearly on cards, flowers, chocolates and other gifts, with an estimated 25 million cards being sent
-In Denmark and Norway, Valentine's Day is known as Valentinsdag
-In Finland Valentine's Day is called Ystävänpäivä which translates into "Friend's day"
-In Guatemala it is known as the "Día del Cariño" (Day of the Affection)
-In Brazil, the Dia dos Namorados (lit. "Day of the Enamored", or "Boyfriends'/Girlfriends' Day") is celebrated on June 12, when couples exchange gifts, chocolates, cards and flower bouquets
...In case you were wondering :)
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