-15% of women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day (it’s ok, Eric does the same thing every year, although he claims it’s Kristen Stewart…)
-Around 1 billion Christmas cards are sent every year for Valentine’s Day!
-3% of pet owners will give their pets Valentine’s Day gifts…
-In three days, over 100 million roses will be sold for Valentine’s Day.
-Teachers receive more Valentine’s Day card than anyone else.
-50% of Valentine’s Day cards are bought in the week leading up to February 14th, people love to procrastinate!
-There are over 1200 chocolate factors, 21,000 florists, and 30,000 jewelry stores in the United States.
-73% of the people who buy flowers are men (including Eric sending them to himself.)
-California produces 60% of all roses sold in the US, the rest usually come from South America.
-85% of Valentine cards are purchased by woman.
-Valentine’s Day is also celebrated in Canada, Mexico, England, Italy, Australia, and Denmark
Have any other fun facts about Valentine’s Day? Let us know!
-Nick
