Valentine’s Day: February 14
One legend has it that Valentine’s Day originated to commemorate the anniversary of the death of St. Valentine, a Roman clergyman who was executed on Feb. 14, about 270 A.D., for secretly marrying couples in defiance of the emperor. According to another, the holiday began as a Roman fertility festival. Americans probably began exchanging handmade valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther Howland, a native of Massachusetts, began to sell the nation’s first mass-produced valentine cards.
Top Ways to Celebrate Valentine’s Day
Household participation rates
Greeting Cards 65%
Date Night 44%
Candy 38%
Flowers 32%
Gift Cards 29%
Plush 21%
Other Gifts 17%
Perfume/Cologne 12%
Jewelry 11%
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How do you celebrate?
ummm….no comment…Just kidding.
With a hunk of a man, good food, a warm fire and the rest is none of your business. 😉
Wow, I can't write that on a blog post! I am shocked you would ask!
ummm….no comment…Just kidding.
lol Sean……. 5 kids later.
With a hunk of a man, good food, a warm fire and the rest is none of your business. 😉
Wow, I can’t write that on a blog post! I am shocked you would ask!
lol Sean……. 5 kids later.