Interesting Facts about St. Valentines Day

These days people send cards with the traditional love symbols of hearts, flowers and Cupid. However, the cards themselves, have changed radically in the past hundred years. Today we rarely send bespoke, hand-written cards in favour of mass-produced, printed cards.

The Greeting Card Association estimates that a staggering one billion valentines cards are sent each year around the world. And quite interestingly, women account for about 85% of the purchasers.

The commercialism of this day has meant that many joke that February 14th is really a "Hallmark Holiday".

An intersting fact is that the Catholic Church actually recognised seven St. Valentine's days: January 7, February 14, May 2, July 16, August 31, September 2, October 25, November 1 and November 3, November 11, November 13, and December 16, but in 1969 the Roman Catholic Calendar of Saints was amended and the days were dropped. February 14th is now a day for Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius.