Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: A cikin Amurka, an fara samar da Valentines na farko da aka yi da takarda na takarda da aka yi da kuma sayar da shi bayan 1847 da Esther Howland (1828<unk>1904) na Worcester, Massachusetts. Mahaifinta ya gudanar da babban kantin sayar da littattafai da kantin sayar da littattafai, amma Howland ta yi wahayi zuwa gare ta daga Valentine na Turanci da ta samu daga abokin kasuwancin mahaifinta. Da yake sha'awar ra'ayin yin irin wannan Valentines, Howland ta fara kasuwancin ta ta shigo da lace na takarda da kayan ado na fure daga Ingila. Wani marubuci a Graham's American Monthly ya lura a shekara ta 1849, "Ranar St. Valentine... tana zama, a'a ta zama, ranar hutu ta ƙasa". Halin Ingilishi na aikawa da katunan Valentine ya kafa sosai don nunawa a matsayin makircin makirci a cikin Elizabeth Gaskell's Mr. Harrison's Confessions (1851): "Na shiga tare da bayani na: 'Valentine ban san komai ba.' Ya ce, 'A rubuce-rubucenka ne.' Tun daga shekara ta 2001, Kungiyar Katin Gaisuwa ta ba da kyautar "Esther Howland Award for a Greeting Card Visionary".Tun daga karni na 19, bayanan da aka rubuta da hannu sun ba da wuri ga katunan gaisuwa da aka samar da yawa. A Burtaniya, kusan rabin jama'a suna kashe kuɗi a ranar soyayya, kuma kimanin fam biliyan 1.9 aka kashe a cikin 2015 akan katunan, furanni, cakulan da sauran kyaututtuka. Kasuwancin ranar soyayya a tsakiyar karni na 19 ya kasance alamar ƙarin hutun kasuwanci a Amurka don bi.  Tambaya: Menene ranar soyayya?
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