Learn more about amazing valentine day’s facts

Valentine day has special message for lovers all across the world. It is the day of lovers to exchange flowers, cards and chocolates. Everyone is interested to know more about valentine day’s facts and stories. So, let’s discuss some points, regarding valentine day’s facts.

• Valentine day is believed to have some connection with the term fertility as the birds used to mate with their partners on this day. It was done even before the birth of Saint Valentine.
• The next day, 15th February was considered a lottery day for men to choose their girl partner.
• In middle ages, there was a belief among girls that the very first man, they would see on 14th February would be their spouse in future.
• It was only in seventeenth century that the trend of exchanging gifts, flowers and cards started and their sale was increased by nineteenth century.
• The rule of Claudius II, a Roman king has connection with the origin of this day. This famous ruler was under a notion that a single individual can be a better soldier. He used to believe that marriage hinders one’s progress. It was at this time, when he came to know that saint Valentine was clandestinely helping young men and women to get marry, so he awarded him with a death sentence. He was jailed, where he fell in love with a jailor’s daughter and he dies writing a love note for her, ‘from your valentine’. It was from here, the word ‘valentine’ was picked and the day was celebrated.
• The printed cards gained its fame by the end of eighteenth century. It emerged to replace hand written letters, as advancement in printing technology. It was since this time that the trend of exchanging beautiful quoted cards started. It is believed that this system of sending love token will never fail. Almost one billion cards are sent every year.
• One of the most interesting Valentine day’s facts is that women are more actively involved in buying valentine greeting cards.
• You would be astonished to learn one more interesting Valentine day’s fact, which states that people believe that if robin flies over the head of an unmarried woman, she would get married to a sailor.
• People of Wales, prefer to gift love spoons on this special day with splendid carving on them.
• Citizens of Canada and US believe that valentine day is not only for lovers, but also for kids, friends etc… they celebrate it as a friendship day, when students at school exchange cards and gifts and decorate their classrooms and have a nice time together.
• Teachers receive the maximum number of valentine day gifts.
• The first box of valentine chocolates was introduced by a big brand, Richard Cadbury in 1868.
• Cupid was the symbol of Roman God of Love.

The above mentioned are few of very interesting valentine day’s facts, which would surely amaze its readers.