Valentine's Day
Second to Valentines Day, holiday in which most flowers are sent.
What is Mother's Day?
3.2 Billion dollars was spent on flowers for Mother's Day in 2023.
The first fruit listed in the Fruits of the Spirit.
What is love?
Galatians 5:22, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,"
True or False: Valentine's Day spending reached nearly 24 billion dollars in 2022.
True
22.9 billion dollars was spent on Valentine's Day in 2022.
True or false: Two U.S. States officially achieved statehood on Feb. 14th.
True
Oregon (in 1859) and Arizona (in 1912) achieved statehood February 14th of those years.
True or false: The tradition of giving flowers on Valentine's Day was popularized in Sweden.
True
Swedish Monarch King Charles II is credited with popularizing giving flowers on Valentine's Day.
More or less than: 50 percent of men do not make plans with their significant other in advance for Valentine's Day.
What is more than?
64% of men with a significant other do not make plans in advance for Valentine's Day.
What is thorns?
True or False: Hallmark started selling Valentine's Day cards in 1953.
False
Hallmark first started selling Valentine's Day cards in 1913.
True or False: Richard Cadbury created the first heart-shaped box of chocolates in 1861.
True
The first heart-shaped box of chocolates were made in 1861. Each year, over 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolates are sold around the world.
True or false: In the Philippines, some local governments host mass wedding ceremonies on Valentine's Day.
True
Sometimes hundred of couples are married during these ceremonies.
Amount of money Americans spend on chocolate for Valentine's Day each year.
1 Billion Dollars
The first and great commandment according to Matthew 22:37-38.
Matthew 22:37-38, "Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment."
True or False: 250 million roses are estimated to be produced for Valentine's Day.
True
Century in which the first commercial Valentines were printed.
What is the 1800's?
The first commercial Valentine's were printed in the mid 1800's.
Hometown of Romeo and Juliet in Italy.
What is Verona, Italy?
Notorious gangster who orchestrated the St. Valentines Day massacre.
Who is Al Capone?
The second commandment following the first mentioned in Matthew 22.
What is love thy neighbor (as thyself)?
Matthew 22:39, "And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
True or false: February 14th is celebrated as National Chocolate Day in Ghana.
True
The English king who declared Valentine's Day a holiday in 1537.
Who is King Henry the VIII?
Name one of several countries in which Valentine's day is heavily discouraged/banned.
What is Saudi Arabia, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, or Malaysia?
The name of the necklace Rose wore in Titanic.
What is the Heart of the Sea?
What the men did after Jesus said, "Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do."
What is parted raiment and cast lots?
Luke 23:34, "Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots."
True or false: The average heart beats 300,000 times a day.
False
The average heart beats 100,000 times a day.
The kind of place the first Valentine's was sent from.
What is prison?
In the 15th century, the Duke of Orleans wrote a love poem and sent it to his wife while he was imprisoned.
This place is known as the "city of love."
What is Paris, France?