St. Valentine's Day Fun Facts
- The United States, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia all celebrate Valentine’s Day.
- 74 percent of Americans celebrate Valentine’s Day.
- Approximately 192 million cards exchanged.
- Some attribute the first “Valentine’s Card” being sent from Charles Duc d’ Orleans in 1415 to his wife, while a prisoner in the Tower of London.
- “Love Birds” derives from the belief that birds choose their mates on Feb. 14. Some believe this fact is one of the origins of the Valentine’s Day Holiday.
- Cupid was the symbol for the Roman God of Love.
- About 15% of women in the US send themselves flowers on Valentine’s.
- Valentine’s Day is fourth on the list for the holiday with the most candy sales behind Halloween, Easter, and Christmas.
- The first Valentine’s Day box of chocolates was introduced by Richard Cadbury in 1868.
- Teachers receive the most Valentine’s.
Why does chocolate melt in your mouth? The melting point of cocoa butter is just below the human body temperature — which is why it melts in your mouth.
- Candy makers use about 4 billion pounds of milk annually and 375 million pounds of peanuts.
- In the early 1500s, the Aztec Emperor Montezuma of Mexico drank as much as 50 glasses of chocolate daily.
- Kids spend their own money on candy more often than anything else.
