Valentines Day Cards

• Not many know this, but teachers receive the most Valentine's Day cards, followed by children, mothers, wives, and then, sweethearts. Most of the cards are bought by young kids for their families and friends.
• Valentine's Day is a big business. Consumers spend an average of $77.43 on Valentine's Day gifts in a year. Retailers expect to pile up about $650 million of Valentine's Day gifts that get sold within a few days!
• During the Victorian times, signing a Valentine's Day card was considered bad luck.
• The famous greeting card company Hallmark has over 1330 different cards just for Valentine's Day!
• Valentine's Day brings out the card-giver in people, with an average of 1.01 billion cards purchased every year. Maximum number of cards are purchased for Christmas and Valentine's Day comes a close second.
• The city of Verona in Italy, where famous lovers Romeo and Juliet lived, receives about 1,000 letters addressed to Juliet every Valentine's Day.