Valentine's Day Fun Facts

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Approximately 1 billion Valentines cards are sent each year, 2.6 billion are sent at Christmas

In order of popularity, Valentine's Day cards are given to: teachers, children, mothers, wives, and sweethearts

75 % of all American exchange Valentine's Day cards

Valentines is the second most popular day for men to buy cards (Mother's Day is number 1)

15% of all US women send themselves flowers

3% of pet owners give their pets valentine's cards and gifts

Alexander Graham Bell applied for his patent on the telephone, an Improvement in Telegraphy, on Valentine's Day, 1876.

Hallmark has over 1300 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.

Wearing a wedding ring on the fourth finger of the left hand dates back to ancient Egypt, where it was believed that the vein of love ran from this finger directly to the heart.

Richard Cadbury invented the first Valentine's Day candy box in the late 1800's.

The Chocolate Manufacturer's Association of America says that 36 million boxes of chocolate are sold for Valentine's Day.

Valentine's Day means chocolate and lots of it. According to U.S. candy manufacturers, Americans spend more than $1,105 million each Valentine's Day on candy.

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