Fun Facts About Valentines Day From AMS Vans

posted on Feb 02 by in the AMS News, Fun category

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February brings shelves full of chocolate kisses, heart felt poems, flowers, and cardboard hearts. But aside from all the holiday hoopla, Valentine’s Day gives the chance to show our loved ones, families and friends, how much we love them.  Valentine’s Day happens just once a year. But ultimately, it’s all the days in between that matter. There is no gift as great as unconditional love, so keep on giving!

Did You Know?

  • Approximately 141 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine’s Day the second most popular card-sending holiday after Christmas.
  • Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages (written Valentine’s didn’t begin to appear until after 1400), and the oldest known Valentine card is on display at the British Museum.
  • The first commercial Valentine’s Day greeting cards produced in the U.S. were created in the 1840s by Esther A. Howland. Howland, known as the Mother of the Valentine, made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as “scrap.”
  • Richard Cadbury produced the first box of chocolates for Valentine’s Day in the late 1800′s.
  • In addition to the United States, Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Denmark, and Italy.
  • About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.
  • Every Valentine’s Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.

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