Valentines Day

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  1. 2. this king officially declared Feb. 14 the holiday of St. Valentine's Day in 1537
  2. 3. third-century priest who defied Emperor Claudius II when he banned marriage to keep his male population temperamentally disposed toward soldiering
  3. 5. 73 percent of people who buy flowers for Valentine's Day
  4. 9. doctors of the 1800s commonly advised their patients to eat chocolate to calm their pining for lost love
  5. 10. over 50 million of these are given worldwide on valentines day
  6. 12. The Italian city where about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day are sent.
Down
  1. 1. he invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s
  2. 4. this Roman goddess of love favored the red rose
  3. 6. a symbol of undying love
  4. 7. this company produced its first Valentine’s card in 1913
  5. 8. In ancient Rome, February 15 was the festival of ________
  6. 11. the goddess of women and marriage