There is no rule that says you have to write her poems or sing her a song on Valentine’s Day.

2 To be awoken by a kiss on Valentine's Day is considered lucky. 3 Some may believe that birds have nothing to do with romance, but in fact, legend has it that if a woman spots a winged creature on February 14, it will predict the type of man she will marry.

So, chances are very good that you’ll get your box of candy. Any spikes in pregnancies following the holiday are slight at best.We’ve already covered why most women don’t want to be married on Feb. 14th, but there are still those who insist that Valentine’s Day specifically and February, in general, are the most popular times to get married in the United States.

While he certainly did do this (with much of his poetry surviving to this day), there’s no confirmation that this was the inspiration to send cards or poems on Valentine’s Day.An oldie but a goodie: suicide rates are said to see a sharp increase around Valentine’s Day. There aren’t enough historical records to make the determination of who is who.There are loads of explanations that try to make sense of the phrase “to wear your heart on your sleeve.” However, as entertaining or even plausible as some of these are, there’s no evidence to support them and all we have is conjecture.

This is another alleged origin of Valentine’s Day traditions. But that’s not how it was originally.

But we do know that the earliest appearance of the phrase in writing appears in Shakespeare’s Othello.Though now it has largely been removed from religion, previously the holiday was a Christian holiday, as mentioned above. Fact: You don’t need love to have a good time.

Lingerie can be a nice part of a gift for a self-assured woman, bearing in mind that you need to know her size and style preferences. The identity of St. Valentine himself is shrouded in mystery.

But ultimately that’s okay because the Catholic church wiped the St. Valentine’s Day feast from the Roman calendar in 1969, further distancing the day from any religious connotation.Since it’s a day for romance you’d expect that a lot of pregnancies would result from Valentine’s Day “celebrations,” but according to these stats, there’s no factual basis for this belief.

Common reasons for this include that it’s too expected, too many people do the same, or that if you get married you share your anniversary with countless others.This is another alleged origin of Valentine’s Day traditions.

Here, Charles sent his wife poems (or cards depending on who’s telling the story) during his twenty-four-year imprisonment starting in 1415.

We’ve covered that there’s more than one and we aren’t sure which one the big day is named after.

Giving cards was a tradition that had existed in England since at least the 1800s and was later popularized in the Colonies.

1 By tradition, a young girl was supposed to eventually marry the first eligible male she met on Valentine's Day.

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You don’t even need friends. It began as a pagan holiday celebrated by the Romans and dedicated to fertility and life. The most popular theory is that when the Roman Emperor Claudius II decreed that his soldiers couldn’t get married during times of war, Bishop Valentine started to marry soldiers in secret.

Valentine” the romantic holiday is named after isn’t quite clear.

When Claudius found out … There are a few different saints named Valentine that could potentially fit the bill. Like all popular holidays, Valentine’s Day has a host of myths, urban legends, and misconceptions, to go with a murky history, unclear origin, and a confusing mythology. Before he was killed on February 14, he wrote one last note to the jailer’s daughter with whom he had fallen in Myth: Valentine’s Day was named after St. Valentine, the Roman saint of courtly love. Get her concert tickets.Why this is false: It’s the thought that really counts the most when it comes to Valentine’s Day.