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According to the National Retail Federation, U.S. consumers will spend nearly $20 BILLION on Valentines this year. (More than half of celeb...

Happy Halloween! Normal Distribution vs. Paranormal Distribution Source: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health A BOOming IN...

A BOOming INDUSTRY: There were an estimated 41.2 million potential trick-or-treaters (children age 5-14*) in the United States in 2014,  u...

Valentine image source In honor of St. Valentine... an update of last year's popular " Love, Marriage, and a Baby Carriage, ...

SWEET TOOTH To satisfy millions of sweet-toothed customers, the NECCO candy company produces approximately 100,000 pounds of Sweethearts...

If you follow me on Twitter ( @DataGeekB ) you know that I post a geek joke almost every Friday afternoon. Here are a few of my favorite hol...

While we acknowledge that the first harvest feast (what we now call Thanksgiving*) in Plymouth came at the end of a hard year, we have few m...

NPR ranks the most popular adult Halloween costumes sold from 2009 to 2013 . Zombies have grown in popularity while clowns have fallen. ...

TERRIFYING TREATS: America's candy consumption in 2010 was nearly 25 pounds per person . If this candy were entirely Snickers bars, it...

Laissez les bon temps rouler! Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday, Carnaval... by whatever name you chose, today is " the largest...

GEOGRAPHY OF VALENTINES Facebook tries to figure out where people are falling in love . Their latest data show that people in Colorado Spr...

TERRIFYING TREATS: America's candy consumption in 2010 was nearly 25 pounds per person . If this candy were entirely Snickers bars, it...

The week's top data analysis links... ...in honor of Mother's Day. PARENTING ROLES Pew Research notes that the roles of moms an...

GLOBAL VALENTINES An interactive map allows users to explore Valentine's customs around the world . Interactive Valentines Map C...

Laissez les bon temps rouler! Sociological Images has a series of several intriguing posts about Mardi Gras from a social and cultural per...

Facts and figures for the fourth Thursday in November... AND AWAY WE GO! 43.6 million Americans  (about 14 percent of the total US popul...

According to the National Retail Federation: " Of those buying or making costumes, the average person will spend $28.65 on costumes t...

Terrifying treats: America's candy consumption in 2010 was nearly 25 pounds per person. If this candy were entirely Snickers bars, it w...

The winter holiday season often means travel, shopping, and eating... Here are the numbers behind the holidays: DECKING THE HALLS: T...

Holiday data roundup for the fourth Thursday in November. AND AWAY WE GO! 42.5 million Americans  (about 14 percent of the total US popu...