About one billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year, second only to Christmas.

One-third of Valentine’s Day cards are accompanied by gifts.

An estimated 25 percent of Valentine’s Day cards are humorous.

Eighty percent of all valentines are purchased for relatives.

Seven billion pounds of chocolate and candy are manufactured each year in the United States.

Seventy-one percent of American chocolate eaters prefer milk chocolate.

Denmark has the highest per capita consumption of candy in the world at 29.5 pounds.

Younger children are more likely than older children to prefer hard candies.

About 65 percent of America’s candy brands have been around for more than 50 years.