Love is in the air again! So, we thought about giving you these fascinating facts about Valentine's Day:

• Valentine’s Day started as a means to “Christianize” the pagan fertility festival called Lupercalia.
• The first Valentine’s cards were sent from prison cells.
• Valentine’s Day became associated with love only after people believed Feb. 14 was the beginning of birds’ mating season.
• More than half of all V-Day cards sent are sent in the six days prior to Valentine’s Day.
• In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St. Valentine’s Day to make them dream of their future husband.
• Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s.
•  The vast number of flowers sold on Valentine’s Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America.
•  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.
• The oldest love poem was written in the time of the Sumerians, who created one of the first systems of writing.

Whether you're alone or with the one you love,  We hope you'll have a joyful Valentine's Day!