Valentine's Day Y W M V D D D S X A X N P D M W H N J A I X D I H U C H U S G P J K F R S T X R I E T Y G I B L A V I E B H R D J A V P Z X H G T M V V A G T P H G I O C H O C O L A T E W F H Z W S M H D X A S U Z L S G I O T M Q C S C T Y Q A O I H E N U I T E N M V B Z J Q A W K N E N L N S L U U J P T I F E F Y X U M E F F Z Q I N D D K C E R O T B R L Z N R T R V W B C C E S D M S W A N E U S D E R Z S O T A J L C R A I Y B E H E E O E E M T B I G M H S Q H H I M M O L C V R S F F A G Y R R C G I Y U R N H X W R C O G G Y K V R E H W R C A B R O T G F W Y T L N R F P Y E U C Y H A U O C Q V I N B J V L E D Z Q T P V D K U F M P H V A H B L U M N S A L I C O H Q K O N E B I L L I O N D Q K B G N A X X E T Y H L L H A D E S J S G E U D G B T R J P S Y Z J W O M A N S E W C B Q C Y Q E W G A Q R D E P A H S T R A E H W A Z T S R L O E S M L F L B T F I E A L P R H C L A T F A M S D J E L E I O N H W H D C C F N A K X F M E T J D Y G U P E P C S F X E M T P C X I R E N D B C S M B O V L N N J U V B G A B O I W F Valentine's Day, on February the giving of all manner 14th, is the traditional day GIFTS, usually from on which LOVERS in the the MAN to the WOMAN. west let each other know Such gifts typically include about their love. Its ROSES and CHOCOLATE. obscure origins as a Starting in the 1980s, the CATHOLIC CHURCH DIAMOND industry began feast day were said to be to promote Valentine's in honor of SAINT day as occasion for the VALENTINE. The day giving of fine JEWELRY. could not have become associated with romantic A DINNER date on Valentine's love before the HIGH Day is often regarded as MIDDLE AGES when indicating that a dating such concepts were couple is involved in a formulated. SERIOUS relationship. The day is now most In the United States the closely associated with day has come to be the mutual exchange of associated as well with LOVE NOTES in the a generic Platonic greeting form of "valentines". of "Happy Valentine's", Modern Valentine symbols which may be said by include the HEART men to their FEMALE SHAPED outline and friends, but rarely to the figure of the winged other MALE friends. CUPID. Starting in the 19th century, the LOVERS practice of hand writing CATHOLIC CHURCH notes has largely given SAINT VALENTINE way to the exchange HIGH MIDDLE AGES of mass-produced LOVE NOTES GREETING CARDS. HEART SHAPED The GREETING CARD CUPID Association estimates GREETING CARDS that world-wide approximately GREETING CARD ONE BILLION valentine ONE BILLION cards are sent each SECOND LARGEST year, making the day CHRISTMAS the SECOND LARGEST WOMEN card-sending holiday of GIFTS the year behind CHRISTMAS. MAN The association also estimates WOMAN that WOMEN purchase ROSES approximately 85 percent CHOCOLATE of all valentines. DIAMOND JEWELRY In the United States in DINNER the second half of the SERIOUS 20th century, the practice FEMALE of exchanging cards has MALE been extended to include Learning With Puzzles™All Rights Reserved