• In addition to the United States, Valentine's Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France, Australia, Denmark, and Italy.
• The most fantastic gift of love is the Taj Mahal in India. It was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a memorial to his wife.
• Every Valentine's Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
• About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets.
• In the US, 64 percent of men do not make plans in advance for a romantic Valentine's Day with their sweethearts.
Happy Valentine's Day!
Happy Valentine's, Becky!
ReplyDeleteI had also read that the man who was making the Taj Mahal for his dead wife got so wrapped up in the building process...one day he tripped over a long dusty rectangular box. The man was so angry about the "useless" box just lying around that he ordered it thrown out. It was his wife's coffin. >_< Moral of the story is, don't get so wrapped up in stuff that you forget what's really important.
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