-Spending for the holiday: 13.7 billion (2006)
-Roses purchased: 180 million (2005)
-Cards exchanged: 192 million (2005)
-Heart-shaped boxes of chocolate given: 36 million
-The U.S. ranks only 8th in chocolate consumption. Switzerland is number one. Their citizens eat 21 plus pounds of chocolate per person each year.
-Americans consume an average of 11 pounds of chocolate per person each year.
-37% of Americans say they prefer dark chocolate.
-The United States, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, France and Australia all celebrate Valentine’s Day.
-Over 1 billion Valentine cards are sent in the U.S each year.
-You burn 26 calories in a one minute kiss.
-Eskimos, Polynesians and Malaysians rub noses instead of kissing.
-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.
