“Valentine, Be Mine may be heard but once a year, but the loving thoughts and warm feelings should never disappear.”—SLS
February 14 is...
Valentine's Day
Embrace the Past...
1847
Oliver R. Chase of Boston invents and patents the first American candy machine, a lozenge cutter. This marks the founding of the nation's candy industry, the beginning of commercial manufacture. With his brother, Silas Edwin, he founds Chase and Company, the pioneer member of the NECCO family.1866
Conversation hearts were invented by Daniel Chase, brother of NECCO's founder. These first hearts had printed paper notes tucked inside. The lengthy, old-fashioned sayings included such wistful thoughts as "Please send a lock of your hair by return mail."Present Day
Every Valentine's Day the company presents new messages on the tiny colored hearts that have been a holiday tradition since the Civil War. NECCO must produce about 100,000 pounds of the candy hearts every day in order to meet the Valentine demand, when about 8 billion hearts are sold in six weeks.
Candy Hearts
February brings expressions of love
Stamped on tiny candy hearts
Stamped on tiny candy hearts
Which ones to eat, which ones to share?
Valentine, Be Mine, the ones of first choiceAdd up to more than just a few
Intended for those very special friends
Some of whom even receive two
White with pink letters, Cutie Pie
Sweet and cute as a button
The ones nobody would deny
Kiss Me, the blue one, quickly disappears
My lips alone enjoy this treat
Best Friends they both represent
Expressly set aside for buddies
With whom the best times I spent
What’s left? Sweetheart, True Love
Love You Forever, all meant for just one
Gathered, bagged, tied with a string
Stored in a box ’til time to be undone
Love You Forever, all meant for just one
Gathered, bagged, tied with a string
Stored in a box ’til time to be undone
Special for Valentine's Day: How do I Love Thee
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