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All You Need Is Love

$100 On Valentine's Day all-You Noxt Klove But a bank account couldn’t hurt. A lot of effort goes into this romantic day – from companies making vast amounts of Valentine's Day themed products, to budding paramours purchasing these things in hopes of pleasing the one they love. What does the average American spend on this romantic holiday and how does it all add up? What Are We Buying for Valentine's Day? 60%- $15.52 Average Spend 50% $22.63 Average Spend 40% $36.78 Average Spend 30% $83.56 $88.56 20% $151.53 Average Spend Average Spend 10% Average Spend GIFT Cards Candy Flowers Jewelry Clothing ift Cards More on Jewelry Earrings Rings 20% 21% 8% 40% Nechlaces Bracelets Valentine's Day CuİSİne of Choice 35% 25% 8% 11% 7% Italian french Fondue American Tapas $158.71 $75.79 Average Spend for Men Average Spend for Women liet Some Perspective on Valentine's Day Marriage Proposals: 220,000 1/10th of annual total proposals in the U.S. will happen on Valentine's Day. Despite only 14% of jewelry buyers purchasing committal pieces, it is still one of the hottest proposal times in the year. 1/10th of Annual U.S. Total Proposals Spent. on Jewelry: $4,100,000,000 Thats the price of 20 Hope Diamonds, the most famous piece of jewelry on earth. It is valued at a whopping $200-250 million... Now that is a commitment piece! The Price of Twenty Hope Diamonds Spent on Dining Out: $3,500,000,000 That's 97,547,380 meals at restaurants, or. HUN 1,000,000,000 Hungry Man frozen dinners for those who, intentionally or unintentionally, don't have dates. HUN HUNG HUNGHY MAN 1 Billion Hungry Man Frozen Dinners Chocolate Consumed: 58.000.000 lbs This weight is equal to 4 Eiffel Towers. That is one heavy tower in the City of Love! 4 Eiffel Towers Full 14,777 Şumo Wrestlers. How faşt could they eat through that amount of chocolate? of Chocolate Babies Conceived. 11.000 Ranked 236th most popular day to conceive a child. People play it safe - not exactly a favorite day to make à baby. Holidays that are? #1 is Christmas Eve. #3 is New Year's Eve. Feb. 4th Ranked 236th in Days of Conception Flowers Shipped: 1,500,000,000 If these flowers were laid down horizontally next to each other, they would rap around the Earth 19 times! Wraps Nineteen Times Around Earth Total Spent in U.S.: $17,600,000,000 That's about equal to: Gross Domestic Product of Afghanistan The Typical Yearly NASA Budget 160x the domeștic gross of Valentine's Day - the subpar romantic comedy. Gross Domestic Product of Afghanistan Shane Co DIAMONDS · RUBIES · SAPPHIRES · PEARLS Sources: http://boticca.com/blog/what-men-buy-for-valentines-infographic/ http://nrf.com http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/14/valentines-day-spending_n_1276428.html http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=118589 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/19/business/20leonhardt-table.html?_r=1 http://news.holidash.com/2010/02/12/how-much-chocolate-is-eaten-on-valentines-day/ http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/02/13/valentines-day-2012-by-the-numbers/

All You Need Is Love

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