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Love is in the air … at daycare? Parents faced with unexpected Valentine’s Day costs

The New York Times correspondent Rukmini Callimachi was asked to write valentines for her baby son’s class.

A florist arranges bouquets ahead of Valentine's Day.
A florist arranges bouquets ahead of Valentine's Day.
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American consumers are expected to spend a record $27.4 billion for Valentine’s Day this year. Of that, over $1.9 billion is expected to be spent on children’s classmates. Rukmini Callimachi, a foreign correspondent for the New York Times, recently tweeted about her experience with Valentine’s Day as a new mother.

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