A — 2 "The average American spends more than $ 100 on Valentine's Day! And men spend almost twice as much on Valentine's Day as women do. A survey 1 read shows that more than one-third of men would prefer not receiving a gift. At the same time, just less than 20 percent of women feel the same way. The reason for this is partly that the holiday seems just too expensive."

B — 5 "As far as I know on Valentine's Day no one saves money on flowers. No wonder flowers may cost up to 30 percent more that day! Some people even buy and send flowers to themselves on Valentine's Day."

C — 1 "I was surprised to learn that Valentine cards have a very long history".

D — 3 "Do you know, that one billion valentine cards are sent each year worldwide, making it the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas?"

E — 4 "BBC reports that India has spoken out against Valentine's Day calling it "an attack on local culture for commercial purposes".

F — 7 "he University of Maryland has a team of academic experts educating the media about Valentine's Day no matter what angle they wish to cover. There I've read that many people choose Valentine's Day for getting married. Can you imagine? The list of celebrities who've done it includes Elton John and Meg Ryan. And quite a lot of famous people have been born on that day!"