Unofficial holiday spending survey

More, less or the same?

Readers will be looking for data during the next two weeks on how the holiday shopping season went.  In this blog’s own non-scientific survey in the days leading up to Christmas, it looks like a little bit less.

Thirty-two respondents, or 37 percent, said they expected to spend somewhat or a lot less than last year, while 31 percent said they expected to spend about the same and another 31 percent said they expected to spend a lot or somewhat more than last year. Here are the breakdowns

A lot more than last year:  14 (16%)
Somewhat more than last year: 13 (15%)
About the same as last year: 27 (31%)
Somewhat less than last year: 18 (21%)
A lot less than last year: 14 (16%)

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