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Article: YourLife: We Valentine's Day; ROMANCE: If you're stuck for ideas as to what to buy your loved one on the most romantic day of the year, then worry not - here are some ideas sure to be a hit.(Features)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- February 6, 2006
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Byline: By Karen Hambridge
LOVEBIRDS will be sending an estimated one billion Valentine's cards this year, with 85 per cent of the cards purchased by women.
Valentine's Day is the second largest card-sending holiday, beaten only by Christmas when about 2.6 billion cards are given, but do you know how and why the card-sending custom began?
There is much debate on the issue and today the Catholic Church recognises at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus who were martyred.
What is beyond doubt is that in ancient Rome ...