11 Things You Didn’t Know About Valentine’s Day
February 1, 2018
We know that Valentine’s Day is the day of love, but what do we not know about this romantic holiday?
- The average American will spend $119.67 on Valentine’s Day this year, up from $100.89 last year.
- Men spend almost twice as much on Valentine’s Day as women do. This year, the average man will spend $156, while the average woman will only spend $85.
- Fifteen percent of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine’s Day.
- Over 50 percent of all Valentine’s Day cards are purchased in the six days prior to the holiday.
- Teachers receive the most valentines, followed by kids, mothers, wives and sweethearts.
- Every Valentine’s Day, the Italian city of Verona, where Shakespeare’s lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet.
- The average number of wedding proposals is 220,000 on Valentine’s Day each year.
- About 189 million stems of roses are sold in the U.S. on this day.
- The red rose was the favorite flower of Venus, the Roman goddess of love.
- Over $1 billion worth of chocolate is purchased on this romantic day in the U.S.
- Valentine’s Day is the second largest seasonal card sending time of the year.

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