Valentines day, a day commemorating lovers, falls on February the 14th of every year. It has an interesting history. As per history Valentines day has it origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia. The festival celebrated the coming of spring which included fertility rites. The pope of the 5th Century then replaced the festival of spring with St Valentines day, which till date is celebrated with great pomp and gusto by couples of all ages.

Since gifts and combinations are done to death thought how about doing something different this year. So we thought about compiling a list of goofy facts and superstitions about St Valentines day.

a) If one was awoken by a kiss on Valentines Day it was considered lucky.
b) Did you know that the kind of animal or a bird a girl sees on this day predicts a future husband. Yes its true
Example
Robin : Crime fighters
Goldfinch : millionaire
Flock of Doves: happy marriage
Bat : Cricketer
Blackbird : clergyman
c) If a person did think of a few names he had in mind, Lets suppose he fancies a few women, lets say around 4 or five. And then lets suppose on valentines day he were to twist the stem of an apple thinking of the womens name he fancied and the moment the stem broke the womens name in mins at that point would be his spouse!!!!
Funny isnt it??!!

Now lets check out some facts about cupid
a) Who is Cupid ?? Cupid is known as Eros the Roman God of beauty and love.
b) He holds a bow and a quiver filled with golden and leaden arrows.
c) He fires golden arrows at people to make them fall in love and leade arrows to make them fall our of love
d) Cupids myth is an old Greek myth and dates back to the 21st Century

Some fun facts about roses as a gift on Valentines
a) Did you know that Venus Roman goddess of love and beauty preferred roses. It is from such a long time that red roses have become a symbol of love
b) Some fun facts on the color of roses
Red roses symbolizes love
Yellow roses symbolizes jealousy
c) Did you know that the average shopper in the US spends around 100$ on roses for valentine's day.
d) Did you know that ribbons which adorn bouquets of flowers dates all the way back to the middle ages and the sweethearts of Knights back then gave the knights ribbons for goodluck.

Fun facts on Chocolates and Valentines day
a) More than 36 million heart shaped boxes of chocolates will be sold for Valentines day.
b) In Japan the custom of women giving chocolates to men was started by Mary's chocolates in 1958.
c) There are over 8 bn candy hearts produced each year for Valentine's day
d) More than 50% of adults prefer chocolates to any other flavour
e) A more practical benefit. Did you know that Dark chocolates reduce the risk of heart diseases.

Some interesting bit of trivia about greeting cards in Valentines day
a) Feb 14th is the second largest card giving day of the year just after Christmas. This year its expected that 1 billion cards will be exchanged around the world.
b) Teachers receieve the most Valentines day card followed by kids, mothers, wives and then girlfreinds.

So these were some fun filled and goofy facts relating to Valentines day.As everyone knows that Valentines day is on Feb 14th and in this buildup to Valentines days Choice Flowers UAE will be offering a slew of offers discounts and themes to people all across Abu Dhabi. For all those new to Abu Dhabi let us tell you that Choice Flowers is one of the premier flower Boutiques in whole of Abu Dhabi with a customer base of around 20000 satisfied and happy customers.It has 3 branches in Abu Dhabhi and always thinking "out of the box" to expand its reach.Be it our various Discount offers or our different approach to creating bouquets, the various combinations of flowers that we offer, we strive our best to be unmatched in this business. This year too we have our usual range of discounts and offers and we at Choice Flowers do sincerely hope that we can do our bit to make your Valentines day a very special one....


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Date Added : 24-1-2020

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