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IrishEyes

(3,275 posts) Fri Dec 22, 2017, 01:13 PM Dec 2017

Christmas costs

I read that this is how much Americans on average spend on Christmas.

Average
Gifts $600
Travel Expenses $308
Food $110
Decorations $58
Greeting Cards $28

Merry Christmas!

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Christmas costs (Original Post) IrishEyes Dec 2017 OP

Me: about $5 on a few cards. I make charitable donations. CurtEastPoint Dec 2017 #1

Even at my most extravagant I never spent that even close to that much. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2017 #2

CurtEastPoint

(18,644 posts)

1. Me: about $5 on a few cards. I make charitable donations.

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Fri Dec 22, 2017, 01:28 PM

Dec 2017

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,706 posts)

2. Even at my most extravagant I never spent that even close to that much.

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Fri Dec 22, 2017, 02:16 PM

Dec 2017

$250 maybe, a few times. This year it will be a lot less - I'm giving food gifts, mostly made by me. I don't send out cards any more and I re-use as much wrapping paper as possible. I did buy a few more light strings this year but they've become pretty cheap.

But, whatever people want to spend is up to them. The retail economy depends a lot on people going nuts at Christmas.

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