The Cost of Christmas
loans.org presents THE RISING COST OF Christmas CHEER! The First Christmas Card cost one shilling in 1843... today that would cost $6.83 1843 2013 Happy Xmas MEARY CHAISTMA HAPPY New YEAR shilling $6.83 Christmas Cards Account for 74% of all card purchases each year Christmas cards - 74.9% Valentine's Day - 6.7% Mother's Day -6.2% Father's Day - 4.2% Graduation - 3.1% Easter - 2.6% Halloween - O.9% Thanksgiving -0.7% St. Patrick's Day - 0.3% The Price of Turkey in December 1.5 1.2 0.9 $ /Lb 0.6 0.3 1.003 1.066 0.991 1.010 1.332 0.0 2004 2005 2006 2007_2008 Christmas Tree Industry Figures In 2004, 58% of Americans used artificial trees. 42% 58% Real Fake The Cost To Buy Every Item in The Twelve Days of Christmas 2012 2010 2008 2006 2004 2002 2000 1998 1996 1994 1992 1990 1988 1986 1984 $0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 2012 $25,431.18 We're now spending less on presents than we did before the Great Recession 2004 2013 $1004 $801 Percent of People Who Buy Gifts Online 45 44 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31 30 29 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Year Christmas Shoppers Who Pay Full Price and Sale Price 70 60 40 30 20 10 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 | Pay Full Price Wait For Sale | Depends on Gift loans.org Sources: http://www.bbc.co.uk/victorianchristmas/history.shtml http://www.measuringworth.com/ppoweruk/result.php?use[]=CPI&use[]=NOMINALEARN&year_early=1843&pou nd71=0&shilling71=1&pence71=0&amount=0.05&year_source=1843&year_result=2013 http://www.greetingcard.org/Aboutthelndustry/tabid/58/Default.aspx http://www.bls.gov/spotlight/2009/thanksgiving/ http://www.ag.auburn.edu/hort/landscape/christmastreehistory.html http://www.realchristmastrees.org/dnn/NewsMedia/IndustryStatistics/ConsumerSurvey.aspx http://abcnews.go.com/US/PollVault/story?id=355330&page=1 DESIGN BY: infographicmachine.com Percent of people Percent of people Year
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