Did You Know for V-Day?

• 110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period.
  
• California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentine's Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America.
  
• 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentine's Day.
  
• About 1 billion Valentine's Day cards are exchanged each year. That's the largest seasonal card-sending occasion of the year, next to Christmas.
  
• Hallmark has over 1330 different cards specifically for Valentine's Day.
  
• More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate will be sold for Valentine's Day.
  
• 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.
  
• About 3% of pet owners will give Valentine's Day gifts to their pets