The 12 Costs of Christmas!

We're all familiar with the 12 Days of Christmas but what about the 12 Costs of Christmas? You may be surprised to learn just how much we spend on certain items in the festive period. Let's face it, we all go a bit bonkers at Christmas when it comes to splashing out the cash and these stats certainly prove it! How much have you spent this Christmas? To0 much probably! The 12 costs of CHRISTMAS Sources of information BBC Retail Week British Week Addaction 1 10MILLION I'm gonna need a bigger oven! 10, 000, 000, 000, 000 lbs turkeys are sold each year WHICH IS A WHOLE LOAD OF TURKEY SOUP, CURRY & SANDWICHES FOR LUNCH BOXING DAY CHRISTMAS TREES ARE SOLD EACH YEAR 2 7.6 MILLION 36 ROLLS OF SELLOTAPE are sold in the run-up to the big day Where's the end gone now !? THAT'S 369,000KM OF THE STICKY GIFT WRAPPING STUFF, 55 TIMES THE LENGTH OF THE RIVER NILE MILLION In the 4 two billion 4 WEEKS bits of mail will be sent BEFORE CHRISTMAS BILL ON AVERAGE EACH PERSON WILL SPEND o £330 ON CHRISTMAS GIFTS 6 enough to cover 83 sa 33 Hyde Parks km HYDE PARK CORNER Christmas wrapping paper sold in the UK equates to 7 On average, each person will spend ON $20 CRACKERS £250 On average, children will receive gifts worth more than There goes the diet ! 9 7MILLION children leave mince pies and a drink for Santa on Christmas Eve The average Christmas lunch costs 10 £12 per head Xmas eh excluding alcohol 11 Alcohol Consumption in increases by 4U% in December 12 CHRISTMAS COSTS £920 FOR THE DAY Based on a 12-hour day this works out at £1.28 per minute, and £76.66 per hour Produced by Webrevolve for CBC International O£250 O £200 £150 O £300 O £350