When giving roses to your ladylove on Valentine's Day, keep in mind that different roses have their own different meanings, and while you make think red roses are trite, you also don't want to be misconstrued either.
Red roses are also known as Valentine roses, and they are usually for lovers, although close family members may also be given red roses. You do not give red roses to your friends, unless if you are in love with your friend.
Red Roses
Red roses tell the other person "I love you" in the romantic sense. A red rose is an enduring symbol of love and passion. Not surprisingly, red roses are most in-demand in February, thus making them especially expensive during Valentine's day. Here is a list of rose colors and their different meanings.
White Roses A pure white rose is a symbol of truth and innocence. It also send another person these messages: "I miss you" and "You're heavenly."
Lilac and Purple Roses
If you've fallen love at first site and have become basically enchanted, send the other person a bouquet of lilac roses or purple roses.
Coral and Orange Roses
If you send someone coral roses, it only means one thing: that the other person stirs your desire. If you are not lesbian or bisexual but would to send your girl friend a rose, do not ever send coral roses, otherwise you might be misconstrued. Send yellow roses instead.
Yellow Roses
Yellow roses have a strictly platonic meaning, and you only send them to friends.
The modern celebration of Valentine's Day can be traced as far back as the 1840s. The writer Leigh Eric Schmidt published an article in the American Monthly in 1849 in which he observed that "Saint Valentine's Day... is becoming, nay it has become, a national holyday.
The practice of sending Valentine cards were first popular in England before they became popular in the United States; Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts - whose father operated a big book and stationery store - was the first person to mass produce greeting cards. Howland was inspired by an valentine note she had received from England. Every year since 2001, the Greeting Card Association gives the "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary" in honor of the first US mass producer of greeting cards.
Estimates by the U.S. Greeting Card Association makes it clear that a whopping one billion valentine cards are sent yearly around the world, second only to the volume of greeting cards sent on Christmas. It is estimated 85% of all Valentines cards are sent by women.
Red roses are also known as Valentine roses, and they are usually for lovers, although close family members may also be given red roses. You do not give red roses to your friends, unless if you are in love with your friend.
Red Roses
Red roses tell the other person "I love you" in the romantic sense. A red rose is an enduring symbol of love and passion. Not surprisingly, red roses are most in-demand in February, thus making them especially expensive during Valentine's day. Here is a list of rose colors and their different meanings.
White Roses A pure white rose is a symbol of truth and innocence. It also send another person these messages: "I miss you" and "You're heavenly."
Lilac and Purple Roses
If you've fallen love at first site and have become basically enchanted, send the other person a bouquet of lilac roses or purple roses.
Coral and Orange Roses
If you send someone coral roses, it only means one thing: that the other person stirs your desire. If you are not lesbian or bisexual but would to send your girl friend a rose, do not ever send coral roses, otherwise you might be misconstrued. Send yellow roses instead.
Yellow Roses
Yellow roses have a strictly platonic meaning, and you only send them to friends.
The modern celebration of Valentine's Day can be traced as far back as the 1840s. The writer Leigh Eric Schmidt published an article in the American Monthly in 1849 in which he observed that "Saint Valentine's Day... is becoming, nay it has become, a national holyday.
The practice of sending Valentine cards were first popular in England before they became popular in the United States; Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts - whose father operated a big book and stationery store - was the first person to mass produce greeting cards. Howland was inspired by an valentine note she had received from England. Every year since 2001, the Greeting Card Association gives the "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary" in honor of the first US mass producer of greeting cards.
Estimates by the U.S. Greeting Card Association makes it clear that a whopping one billion valentine cards are sent yearly around the world, second only to the volume of greeting cards sent on Christmas. It is estimated 85% of all Valentines cards are sent by women.