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Happy Valentines
Day
This is your
official reminder, it is this Thursday,
February 14, 2008.
Here is some interesting Valentines Day
Trivia for those who believe or
not..........
110 million roses, the majority red,
will be sold and delivered within a
three-day time period.
Valentine's Day is the big time of year
for red roses; Mothers' Day means more
pastel roses.
15% of women send themselves flowers on
Valentine's Day.
73% of people who buy flowers for
Valentine's Day are men, while only 27
percent are women.
About 1 billion Valentine's Day cards
are exchanged each year. That's the
largest seasonal card-sending occasion
of the year, next to Christmas.
One-third of all Valentine cards are
accompanied by gifts.
Romantic cards are the best-sellers.
Victorian era-influenced cards are
prominent this year.
An estimated 25 percent of Valentine's
Day cards are humorous
More than 50 percent of cards are sold
the week of the holiday, with the
largest and most elaborate Valentine
cards sold 48 hours before February 14.
70 percent of those celebrating the
holiday give a card, followed by a
telephone call (49 percent), gift (48
percent), special dinner (37 percent),
candy (33 percent) restaurant meal (30
percent), and flowers (19 percent).
Teachers will receive the most
Valentine's Day cards, followed by
children, mothers, wives, and then,
sweethearts. Children ages 6 to 10
exchange more than 650 million
Valentine's cards with teachers,
classmates, and family members
Hallmark has over 1330 different cards
specifically for Valentine's Day.
Conversation Hearts: In 1866, candy
manufacturer NECCO made the first
"Conversation Hearts" — then called
"Motto Hearts." According to NECCO,
eight billion of these little candies
are sold between January 1 and February
14.
More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes
of chocolate will be sold for
Valentine's Day.
64 percent of men do not make plans in
advance for a romantic Valentine's Day
with their sweethearts.
The Italian city of Verona, where
Shakespeare's lovers Romeo and Juliet
lived, receives about 1,000 letters
addressed to Juliet every Valentine's
Day.
Valentine's Day is big business.
Consumers will spend an average of
$77.43 on Valentine's Day gifts this
year. E-commerce retailers expect to
rack up about $650 million in sales of
food, candy, flowers, and other
Valentine's Day gifts. Of that amount
about $350 million will be for gifts and
flowers and another $45 million will be
spent on food (including chocolate) and
wine.
About 3% of pet owners will give
Valentine's Day gifts to their pets. |
