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" Show affection, it will probably meet with pleasant response. "

The Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.

Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentine's Day candy box in the late 1800s.

What did the caveman give his wife for Valentines day
Ughs and kisses!

Knock, knock!
Who's there?
Atlas.
Atlas who?
Atlas Valentine's Day is here!

Wive's tales

Some people used to believe that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor.
If she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy.
If she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a millionaire.

What did the boy pickle say to the girl pickle on Valentine's Day

Card giving stems back to when English settlers first arrived in the United States.

It was against the law to display affection in public.

Giving cards to loved ones was a way of showing one's affection without doing something "illegal" and avoiding public ridicule.

The Chocolate Manufacturers Association of America says that 36 million boxes of chocolate are sold for Valentine's Day.

According to Hershey's Chocolate Company, Valentine's Day ranks fourth in sales behind Halloween, Christmas, and Easter .

The word CANDY can be spelled using just 2 letters.
Can you figure out how?

In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be....
... They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week....
.... To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling

Hundreds of years ago in England, children dressed up as adults on Valentine's Day and went singing holiday verses from door to door

In Wales wooden love spoons were carved and given as gifts on February 14th. Hearts, keys and keyholes were favorite decorations on the spoons. The decoration meant, "You unlock my heart!"

Valentine's Day Symbolism

What did the stamp say to the envelope on Valentine's Day?

see below

Rings	A never-ending circle symbolizing eternal love.
Doves	Doves mate for life, they symbolize loyalty.
Rose	used for hundreds of years to reveal secret loves. A red rose is the symbol of true love. White, pure love. Pink, innocent or puppy love.
Cupid	A cherub who shoots his arrows into people making them fall in love. The Roman god of love and desire (Eros in Greek mythology).
Heart	The international symbol of love. Ancient Romans believed the heart contained the soul.

What kind of flowers do you never give on Valentine's Day?

Try and say this tongue twister fast 10 times!
Vain Violet's velvet valentine vanished.

Click to the Valentine Word search

Give a gift of Love in a jar! Make up these jars of dry ingredients and give to your friends and family.
Love Soup Mix in a Jar
Makes 12 servings	Ingredients: 18 cubes beef bouillon 1/4 cup dried minced onion 1/2 cup dried split peas 1/2 cup uncooked twist macaroni	1/4 cup barley 1/2 cup dry lentils 1/3 cup long-grain white rice 1 cup uncooked tri-color spiral pasta
1	Directions: Use a canning funnel or any funnel that has about a 2-inch neck. This will make it easier to fill the jars with the ingredients. Be sure to use a wide-mouth, 1-quart canning jar.
2	Layer ingredients in the order given: bouillon, onion flakes, split peas, small shape pasta, barley, lentils, rice, and enough tricolor spiral pasta to fill jar.
3	Attach a tag with cooking instructions: In large kettle, brown 1 pound ground beef or stew beef cut into bite-size pieces in a little olive oil. Remove tricolor pasta from top of jar and reserve. Add the rest of the jar contents to the kettle with 12 cups water. Let come to a boil and simmer 45 minutes. Add tricolor pasta and simmer 15 minutes more. Serve with your favorite bread or rolls and a tossed salad.

What did the little boy bat say to his Valentine?
I love hanging around with you!'

Gaze at this sentence for just about sixty seconds and then explain what makes it quite different from the average sentence.

Quick! ...What is it?????

A love seat is a wide chair. It was first made to seat one woman and her wide dress. Later, the love seat or courting seat had two sections, often in an S-shape.

In this way, a couple could sit together -- but not too closely!

What did the boy cat say to the girl cat on Valentine's Day?
You're purrr-fect for me!

Love may be blind, but marriage Is a real eye-opener!

answers

It contains all of the letters in the alphabet.

C and Y..

I'm stuck on you!

You mean a great dill to me!

cauliflowers

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