*About 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged in US each year. That’s the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.

*Women purchase 85% of all valentines.

*In order of popularity, Valentine’s Day cards are given to teachers, children, mothers, wives, sweethearts and pets.

*Parents receive 1 out of every 5 valentines.

*About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets.

*Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day are the biggest holidays for giving flowers.

*Worldwide, over 50 million roses are given for Valentine’s Day each year.

*Californiaproduces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine’s Day in theUnited Statesare imported, mostly fromSouth America. Approximately 110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.

*73% of people who buy flowers for Valentine’s Day are men, while only 27 percent are women.

*Men buy most of the millions of boxes of candy and bouquets of flowers given on Valentine’s Day.

*In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who their valentines would be. They would wear these names on their sleeves for one week. To wear your heart on your sleeve now means that it is easy for other people to know how you are feeling.

*The Italian city ofVerona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine’s Day.

*Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentines Day candy box in the late 1800s.

*Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an “Improvement in Telegraphy”, on Valentine’s Day, 1876.

*The oldest surviving love poem till date is written in a clay tablet from the times of the Sumerians, inventors of writing, around 3500 B.C

*Amongst the earliest Valentine’s Day gifts were candies. The most common were chocolates in heart shaped boxes.

*In some countries, a young woman may receive a gift of clothing from a prospective suitor. If the gift is kept, then it means she has accepted his proposal of marriage

*If an individual thinks of five or six names considered to be suitable marriage partners and twists the stem of an apple while the names are being recited, then it is believed the eventual spouse will be the one whose name was recited at the moment the stem broke.

*In Medieval times, girls ate unusual foods on St Valentine’s Day to make them dream of their future husband

Catalina Club Holiday Office Hours:

Closed on:

December 24, 2011

December 25, 2011

December 26, 2011

January 2, 2012 

We will reopen on Tuesday, January 3, 2012.  We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you are a current resident with an emergency maintenance issue please call 614-949-2967.

Happy Holidays! 

Your donations are greatly appreciated and are being put to good use !!!

Congratulations to Melissa and James in being chosen for the raffle winners !!!!

The Catalina Club rental office will be CLOSED on Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th in observation of the Thanksgiving Holiday. The rental office will be open for normal business hours on Saturday, November 26^th.

Fall coloring contest for Catalina Club kids.

Prizes for the best pictures!!!!

Stop in the clubhouse for your picture today.

Deadline is November 30^th

Age groups         1-5        6-9      10 and up

Congratulations to our resident pet – Gizmo!

Gizmo has been named the #1 Pug in the Nation for Obedience by the Pug Dog Club of America!!

The award ceremony was held on October 15, 2011 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Warwick, Rhode Island by the Pug Dog Club of America. 

www.PugDogClubofAmerica.com

All her hard work and dedication throughout the years has paid off. Look at all those ribbons !! 

Congratulations Ms. Gizmo and Ms. Margaret (Gizmo’s owner).  We are honored to have you as our residents at Catalina Club.