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<blockquote data-quote="texan" data-source="post: 940368" data-attributes="member: 38206">On this day 14 Feb 2012, The US celebrates Valentines day.It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD, and was later deletedd from the General Roman Calendarr of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI. It is celebrated in hundreds of countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in all of them.The U.S. Greeting Card Associationn estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the US. Half of those valentines are given to family members other than husband or wife, usually to children. When you include the valentine-exchange cards made in school activities the figure goes up to 1 billion, and teachers become the people receiving the most valentines. In some North American&nbsp;elementary schoolss, children decorate classrooms, exchange cards, and are given sweets. The greeting cards of these students sometimes mention what they appreciate about each other.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="texan, post: 940368, member: 38206"] On this day 14 Feb 2012, The US celebrates Valentines day. It was first established by Pope Gelasius I in 496 AD, and was later deletedd from the General Roman Calendarr of saints in 1969 by Pope Paul VI. It is celebrated in hundreds of countries around the world, mostly in the West, although it remains a working day in all of them. The U.S. Greeting Card Associationn estimates that approximately 190 million valentines are sent each year in the US. Half of those valentines a re given to family members other than husband or wife, usually to children. When you include the valentine-exchange cards made in school activities t[U][B]he figure goes up to 1 billion,[/B][/U] and teachers become the people receiving the most valentines. In some North American elementary schoolss, children decorate classrooms, exchange cards, and are given sweets. The greeting cards of these students sometimes mention what they appreciate about each other. [/QUOTE]

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