Free Valentine Wallpapers For Valentines Day
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This page features a selection of Valentine Wallpapers, along with fascinating facts you probably didn't know about Valentines Day.
Valentine's Day is celebrated on February 14th of every year. Traditionally on this day, lovers express their affection by giving gifts such as cards, flowers, or candy. These gifts are known as valentines.
The colors most often associated with Valentine's Day are primarily pink, red, white, and black.
Symbols representing Valentine's Day include hearts, cupids, and angels, but mainly hearts.
Click any of the links below for an assortment of free printable valentine clipart, tattoo designs, and other creative images.
Also provided is a link to some first rate Valentines Day poetry.
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TOP 10 FACTS ABOUT VALENTINES DAY:
- The holiday is named after two 5th century Christian martyrs, both named Valentinus.
- Valentines Day first became associated with romantic love in the 14th century.
- In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St Valentine's Day, believing it would give them clairvoyant dreams of their future husbands.
- Richard Cadbury produced the first box of chocolates for Valentine's Day in the late 1800's.
- More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold on Valentine's Day.
- Fifteen percent of American women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.
- Roughly 189 million long-stemmed roses are sold in the U.S. on Valentine's Day.
- Approximately one billion Valentines are sent out worldwide each year, according to estimates by the U.S. Greeting Card Association.
- Valentine's Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, England, France, Australia, Denmark, Italy and the United States.
- Every Valentine's Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's fictitious lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
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VALENTINE POETRY THAT DOESN'T SUCK
VALENTINE WALLPAPERS AND CLIPART DESIGNS
VALENTINE'S DAY: Look here for selected free printable Valentines Day crafts, recipes, poetry, wallpapers and other heart-shaped creations.
Funny Valentines: A collection of winning Valentines Day couplets from a newspaper contest.
Go here to see the Main Poetry Page.
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