He might be feeling even better about himself next week, after a few valentines from the pollsters.

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Valentines Day saw the second highest holiday revenue bump for the day itself, with a 48% increase.

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It's like the gradual degradation of another annual ritual, whereby all schoolchildren are required to give valentines to everybody in the class.

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The shorts were really squeezed on Valentines Day, and single-stock circuit breakers were tripped when GMCR was up 14% in five minutes.

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Southwest joked about it being Valentines Day.

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And birds had drawn their Valentines.

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