Valentine's Day is the second most popular day for sending greeting cards

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Valentine's Day is the second most popular day for sending greeting cards

While Christmas remains the undisputed leader in mail correspondence, Valentine's Day holds the second-place spot with millions of people exchanging heartfelt physical cards to express their affection every February.

Valentine's Day ranks as the second most popular holiday for sending greeting cards globally, surpassed only by Christmas. According to the Greeting Card Association, approximately 145 million cards are exchanged for this romantic occasion each year in the United States alone. This figure does not even include the millions of packaged valentines children exchange in classrooms.

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