• 2,190,363 Couples were wedded in the US in 2008.

• $707,051,028 worth of wedding cake and frosting (more than 16 tons) was consumed in 2008.

• Average wedding in Mississippi, $18,562.  Average New Jersey Wedding, $36,118.

• Average American Wedding cost is $28,704.

• Steel Tycoon, Lakshmi Mittal spent an estimated $60 million on a five-day French wedding for his daughter, Vanisha, which included a 1,000 person engagement party at Versailles.

• In 1960, the average bride was typically 20 years old and groom was 23.  In 2009, they are 27 and 29 respectively.

• 2009 Six countries currently allow same sex marriages.  Belgium, Canada, Holland, Norway, South Africa and Spain.

• December is the most popular month to POP the question, accounting for one-in-five engagements.

• Filene's Basement has held its Running of the Brides event at dozens of stores each year since 1947.  At one store shoppers cleared the racks of 3,000 marked down dresses in 37 seconds.

• In 2009, Zelma & Herbert Fisher of North Carolina celebrated their 85th wedding anniversary!

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