Do we really need stores open 24 hours a day? What is this doing to our society and more importantly to the spirit of Christmas? Christmas is not supposed to be about 24 hour a day shopping sprees that last for the entire month of December. Christmas sales are already starting to creep into November and post sales into January. If you go to the big shopping malls down south it seems that every store has a big sale sign in the window, all year-long and particularly around Christmas.
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2007 was gloomy for many on the financial front: Higher interest rates and increased mortgage repayments all means less money in our wallets. So, you could be forgiven for being tempted to be a bit of a scrooge this Christmas. SaveBorrowSpend gives you our top ten Christmas shopping retail facts: 1. Britons spend up to 12 billion pounds celebrating Christmas. 2. The annual Switch survey puts the median UK household Christmas spend at 868 this year, a 1% cut on 2006. 3.
The same survey, unsurprisingly, reveals that children overwhelmingly get the most expensive present. Only 7% of husbands do! 4. The average Christmas lunch in the UK costs 15 a head. A quarter of us bought some festive food and drinks from abroad this year. Free Loan quote or advice 5. The average spent on a Turkey in 2006 was 60. This is expected to rise to as much as 100+ this year after bird flu scares in the UK poultry industry. 6. Brits spend a record amount on their plastic at Christmas.
The UK clearing service, Apacs, reported a massive 18.5billion spent on plastic in December 2006, up nearly 9% in two years. 7. An estimated 27 million of us will turn to the Internet for some of our festive shopping. 8. More than 40% of women will start doing their Christmas shopping before November. 9. However, a third of men will be shopping on Christmas Eve! 10.
Concerns about the economy means that Xmas sales have come up to a month early: for example M S, WH Smith, Woolworths and Toys R Us are all having pre-Xmas sales.
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