I have always been a person who enjoys trivia and I always get a kick out of stumping my family, friends, and co-workers with my knowledge of fun little facts that hardly anyone else knows. I decided to put together a list of some little-known facts and tidbits about Valentine’s Day. You can use these just to improve your own body of knowledge or you can create a quiz to pass around the office to see who gets the most right! Either way, these are interesting facts about Valentine’s Day from American Greetings.
* Approximately 190 million Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged annually, not including classroom valentines sent between children at school.
* More than 60 percent of consumers plan to purchase at least one valentine this year, according to the National Retail Federation.
* According to the Diamond Information Center, more than 2.3 million couples become engaged each year, and 10 percent of the engagements happen on Valentine’s Day.
* Red roses, appropriate for signifying love, are the most popular flowers sent on February 14.
* About one-fourth of all Valentine’s Day cards exchanged are humorous.
* Adults age 35 and under send the most humorous Valentine’s Day cards.
* The second most popular Valentine’s Day gift is candy. The most popular candy exchanged is chocolate.
* More than 36 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate are sold each Valentine’s Day.
* Women buy more than 85 percent of all valentines purchased, while men make up the other 15 percent.
* Many consumers enjoy the instantaneous connection of e-cards, and an estimated 10 million e-valentines will be sent this year.
* As many as 500,000 Valentine ecards will be sent per hour during peak times via the American Greetings family of web sites.
Pretty interesting, huh? Now, go and stump as many of your friends and co-workers as you possibly can! If you want to make it even more interesting, try making wagers on who is the Valentine expert of the office!
