Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine’s Day! Do you know how it is celebrated in various countries?

  1. In France, the best gift is jewelry.
  2. In Denmark, lovers present dried white flowers to each other.
  3. In Italy, there is a great tradition of giving sweets and cakes to loved ones.
  4. In Holland, today a woman can propose to her beloved.
  5. And in England people give gifts on this day not only to loved ones, but also to pets.
  6. The holiday is banned in Iran and Saudi Arabia.
  7. Valentine’s Day was celebrated in ancient Greece, but this day was called the Panurge holiday. Men and women wrote notes with the name of a loved one and did not part with these notes for a week.

Interesting facts about Valentine’s Day:

  • Red roses are its symbol.
  • Approximately 50 million roses are sold on Valentine’s Day every year.
  • Annually, the profit from the sale of chocolate and sweets on this Day is about 1011 billion dollars!