attractive Tidbits You Want to Know About Mother's Day Flowers and Gifts

Mother's Day is right colse to the corner and you are mental about what to get. Of course there are Mother's Day flowers and a gift of jewelry but it is spectacular, the true numbers behind Mother's Day. Since the second Sunday of May was set aside by Congress in 1914 as Mother's Day it has grown into a huge business.

There are over 80 million mothers in the United States and citizen will spend over billion on flowers and gifts for Mother's Day. Flowers alone make up 17% or colse to billion of that. That may seem a small division but that estimate keeps the more than 23,000 florist in the Chicago area and nationwide and their over 125,000 employees busy. Maybe we need a few more Mother's Day like holidays to get the cheaper going. The median estimate spent on Mother's Days flowers is about and this makes up more that 27% of the annual dollar volume spend on flowers. All in 1 day.

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Jewelry makes up other 17% of the total money spent on Mother's Day again over billion. Here is where the big money is spent. On median citizen spend over 8 dollars for the gift of jewelry on Mother's day. Of course diamonds are high on the wish list for moms. Earrings topped the list of favorite jewelry followed by rings, bracelets and ultimately necklaces. Yellow gold was preferred over white gold.

Right along with flowers and gifts goes the Mother's Day cards. There are more than 5 million dollars worth of cards sent. Hallmark must be working overtime to originate new cards every year. And I am sure that your local postman looks transmit to this day as much as Christmas. Of course for the Tech Savvy citizen there are e-cards. It is the quick and easy last exiguous way to send your mom a card for Mother's Day. Not sure if it has the same meaning as a physical card but it is the idea that counts.

A growing trend in Mother's Day gifts is electronics. Some surveys show that over 32% of mothers would prefer electronics over other things such as flowers. Digital Cameras seem to be a favorite gift along with Dvd players and Mp3 players. With teens being always "online" it is no wonder that they are the group most likely to purchase electronics as a Mother's Day gift over adults by a 2 to 1 margin. Electronics are good gifts because they last longer than Mother's Day flowers and for sure longer than chocolates or other sweets.

The no ifs ands or buts keen tidbit I found about Mother's Days was how mothers responded when asked how much and what they would like for Mother's Day. Nearly half the mother's said that no money at all should be spent on the Mother's Day. They would practically prefer something homemade over anything else. I am sure the florist and jewelry stores don't want to hear that but like we all know that's how mothers think. It is not the Mother's Day flowers that no ifs ands or buts make the day special for her but that you remembered her and spent time with her.

Mother's day is big enterprise and as it gets close we will all be bombarded with ads to get us to spend money. Remember to put some idea into what you get her for Mother's Day. You get one try a year at it so make sure you do a good job.

attractive Tidbits You Want to Know About Mother's Day Flowers and Gifts