Valentine's Day Trivia

Valentine Cards

Every year around 1 billion
Valentine cards are sent across. After Christmas it’s a single largest seasonal card-sending occasion.

Valentine Roses

The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. The color red stands for strong romantic feelings making the red rose the flower of love.

Cupid

Cupid is a symbol of Valentine’s Day. Cupid was associated with Valentine’s Day because he was the son of Venus. Cupid often appears holding a bow and arrows as he is believed to use magical arrows to arouse feelings
of love.

Love Letters & Poems

The 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.
Heart on your Sleeve
In the Middle Ages young men and women drew the names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned on their sleeves for one week.

The Valentine Heart

The heart is associated to Valentine’s Day as it is considered the source
of all human emotions. The heart shape is supposed to have come from early attempts to draw an organ that no one had seen. The symbol came on to become as a sign of love.

Valentine Birds

Doves are symbols of love and loyalty because they mate for life.

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