Christmas Spending Projection Drops to New Low

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Christmas Spending Projection Drops to New Low
Alpha Mom found this 11/21/2008 on www.gallup.com (flag)
PRINCETON, NJ -- Americans' projected average Christmas spending this year, $616, is the lowest in Gallup's 10-year history of tracking this question in its current format, and provides further evidence of the heavy toll the current economic turmoil is taking on America's retailers. ... (link)

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How will your holidays be affected by the economic crisis?
Published 11/21/2008 at Alpha Mom
... and and consumer confidence at an all-time low, this Christmas will be one of the leanest for most Americans. My family's lucky: no one's lost his or her job (yet); we all still have our homes. We're all on financially shaky ground, but who isn't? I'm not happy about the economy, needless to say, but I'm really looking forward to this year's Christmas. I think we're going to benefit from restricting ourselves. Fewer presents means more time to hang out, argue about politics, drink frighteningly strong cocktails. We won't be exhausted from the weeks of shopping and wrapping ...

Christmas Spending Plans Drop to New Low
Published 11/21/2008 by MOM at momz.com
... A recent Gallop Poll measuring Christmas spending plans recorded it’s lowest level since they began the poll 10 years ago: Christmas Spending Poll ...