3,000 cards each year
Esther Allan Howland who created lithographed valentines cards in 1847, placed her first ad in the Worcester paper, The Daily Spy, Feb. 5, 1850 for sales of Valentines Day cards. In 1881, she sold her business to the George C. Whitney Company, one of the nation's largest publishers of Valentine's Day cards.
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110 million roses are sold.
It is estimated that over 100,000 cards are made for valentines day.
Christmas because of how many cards sent
Valentines day
Around 180 million cards are sent every year.
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People have been sending notes of love and kindess on Valentine's Day for hundreds of years, but the first professionally made and sold valentines cards were produced in 1848, with Hallmark begining to do so in 1916.
Hallmark cards are greeting cards for birthdays, Valentines Day, Mothers Day, etc.
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by giving valentines day cards to people that you like or have a crush on