February 12, 2010 -- Sunday is Valentines Day.
Here are some interesting facts you may not have known. Enjoy the Day!
--1 Billion Valentines Day Cards are exchanged each year. 2nd after Christmas.
-- Teachers receive the most Valentines Day Cards.
-- Cupid is associated with Valentines Day because he is the son of Venus ,who was the Roman "God of Love and Beauty".
--Verona, the Italian City where Romeo and Juliette lived, recieves 1,000 letters each year sent to Juliette on Valentines Day.
--In the Middle Ages, young men and women would draw names from a bowl tosee who would be their Valentine. They would attach the name to their sleeve for 1 week to let others know their true feelings. This became know as "wearing your heart on your sleeve".
--The heart is associated to Valentine's Day as it is considered the source of all human emotions. The custom of drawing a 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 known as a sign of love.
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