Valentine's Day: The Other Mother's Day
Real-Time Advice: Consumers spend more on their mothers than their lovers, new data shows.
Valentine’s Day by the numbers
190 million: The number of greeting cards exchanged for the holiday. Valentine’s Day comes in second to Christmas for the most greeting cards sent. 73: The percentage of men who give bouquet gifts.
Celebrations near for Valentineâs Day
Every Feb.14 across the United States, and around the world, people buy cards, flowers and chocolates — all in the name of love.
Red-Washed Origins
Feb. 14 hasn't always been celebrated with flowers, over-decorated chocolate boxes and cards filled with fuzzy sentiments. It's a day steeped in gory pagan ritual, with an executed priest as its patron saint.
Tokens of affection
Debbie Heiman thinks she has a pretty good handle on Valentine’s Day. “I’ve been doing this for 27 years, and we feel we have the pulse on love,” said Heiman, the owner of Everything Floral in Genoa and West Dundee.
Helping Out for Feb. 8, 2012
Helping Out highlights some of the many charitable events and activities going on in the Charleston area. Submissions should be sent to dailyjournal@scbiznews.com .
Fitchburg planner makes smiling brides her business
By Patricia O'Connell Correspondent What should a bride expect on her wedding day? "She's going to expect that everything is going to go flawlessly," said Michelle Rattanavong, an event planner based in Fitchburg.
What moms want and don't want
Flower arrangement of roses, pink dogwood and pink stargaze. The Yummymummyclub.ca poll finds 41 per cent of Canadian moms don't expect anything more than flowers and a card this Sunday.
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