❤️Valentine's Day: Facts and Superstitions

Valentine's Day is only 2 days away. Whether you'll be celebrating your love with a significant other or just spending the day relaxing, I thought it would be interesting to share facts, statistics, and superstitions about February 14th.

Facts:
- Valentine's Day is the second largest card-exchanging season of the year.
- Instead of celebrating Valentine's Day, people can celebrate Singles Awareness Day (SAD)
- In Medieval times, people who couldn't write their names would sign with a "X" and kissed it to show sincerity. That's where the symbolism of a X and kisses came from.
- In the Middle Ages, men and women would draw out their Valentine's name from a bowl and pinned their name to their sleeve for one week for everyone to see. This is where the phrase "to wear your heart on your sleeve" came from.

- Physicians of the 1800s would recommend their patients to eat chocolate to distract them from lost love.
- 73% of all flower-buyers on Valentine's Day are men.
- 27% of all flower-buyers on Valentine's Day are women.
- 15% of all US women send themselves flowers on 2/14
- Teachers receive the most Valentine's, followed by children, moms, wives, sweethearts, and pets.

Superstitions:
- If you cut an apple in half on Valentine's Day, the number of seeds the fruit has indicates the number of kids you will have.
- On Valentine's Day, the first name you hear or read will be the name of the person you will marry.
- If you see certain animals in February 14th, they can reveal what kind of person you will marry or how your marriage will turn out:
          -squirrel: cheapskate partner
          -goldfinch: millionaire
          - robin: crime fighter
          - flock of doves: happy and peaceful marriage

I hope you discovered some interesting facts or superstitions that you might have never heard of. There's a lot of information to this holiday that isn't always addressed.
How ever you are spending your Valentine's Day this year, make sure to remember that you don't necessarily need a significant other to be happy. What truly gives a person happiness is accepting one's self. It is important to care about yourself enough to know that being in a relationship doesn't decide if you are more or less happy than someone opposite of you.


For more facts or superstitions, check out these websites here and here.
Happy Valentine's Day
Happy Singles Awareness Day