Dana VanDen Heuvel: Fun Easter Facts

April 2, 2004

Fun Easter Facts

Did you know that:

Over 75 percent of Americans plan to celebrate Easte

Easter accounts for 13 percent of the dollar volume for holiday flower sales, according to the Society of American Florists. More than 9.1 million lilies, the most popular Easter flower, were sold for the 2002 holiday.

42 percent of people rank the chocolate bunny as the number one "must-have" candy in an Easter basket.

Easter is the fourth most-popular holiday for sending greeting cards, behind Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Mother's Day, according to the Greeting Card Association.

More than 90 million chocolate bunnies, 2 million marshmallow chicks per day, and 16 billion jelly beans will be produced for Easter, according to the National Confectioners Association.

If you laid all the eggs made on the Cadbury Creme Egg plant end to end, they would stretch 12,000 mile

Screw those cheesy ass Cadbury Eggs, get some REAL FUDGE EGGS from local Seroogy's Chocolates in De Pere, Wisconsin.

Why, you ask?
1. They will personalize your eggs for no additional charge.
2. The fudge eggs come in a variety of flavors and sizes:

7 oz. fudge eggs
* chocolate fudge with or without nuts covered in milk or dark chocolate
* vanilla fudge with or without nuts covered in white chocolate
* maple fudge with or without nuts covered in milk chocolate

14 oz. chocolate fudge eggs

If that isn't enough fudge for you, they also sell a 2 1/2 pound chocolate fudge egg without nuts covered in milk chocolate

[via The Center for Media Research]

I agree. Get your easter choccies from an authentic local manufacturer (Seroogy's Chocolates), not some big nasty mega corporation!