Valentine’s Day facts* About 141 million Valentine’s cards are exchanged each year.* Each year on Valentine’s Day, the Juliet Club, a volunteer organization in Verona, Italy, the setting of Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” awards the Juliet Prize to the author of the most beautiful letter to the tragic heroine.* Consumers in China (50 percent) are more likely to celebrate Valentine’s Day than consumers in the U.S. (42 percent).* In Japan, women give men chocolates for Valentine’s Day and men offer gifts to ladies one month later, on White Day.Sources: The History Channel, Hallmark, The Juliet Club, Survey Sampling International
On Feb. 18, JoAnne and Paul Dragoo will celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary.
Valentine’s Day, however, is still a special day for them, and Mrs. Dragoo has come to expect good things from her husband.
“He’ll probably get me some jewelry and take me out to eat,” said the 75-year-old Ringgold, Ga., resident.
A gift of jewelry and a night out would make Paul Dragoo more clever than some men. The most often-purchased Valentine’s gifts are roses and chocolates.