Christmas Time

I think that that out of all the holidays, Christmas is the best and most recognized.
I would say that Christmas is probably the biggest, most important holiday of the year. Think about it, the most money is spent during the Christmas season mostly because of all the gifts, the stores make the biggest profit of the year, and it' s the time of year that stores have their biggest sales ever, (black Friday). It's the most popular holiday to travel. And most of all it is the only holiday at the end of the year. And worst of all it is the most popular time of year for people to go into debt and pay for it later.
So why do we as consumers buy so much stuff and make Christmas such a big deal? Well I am not sure. I think that each year we think to ourselves that we have to out do ourselves last year, meaning that we have to buy the newel, better version of what we bought last year. This said, for some shoppers it will be hard to do because of the economy, 22% said that they would not spend as much as they did last year, however, the other 78% said that they will spend as much or spend more and out do what they did last year.
If Christmas is such a big deal how come every year it seems to come way to fast? Every year when you ask anybody if they are ready for Christmas, almost all of them will answer "no".
I think that some of the no readiness has to do with them not being done Christmas shopping. We all have a tendency to procrastinate, especially buying for those that we are not sure what to get for them. The other most busiest weekend, besides the weekend after Thanksgiving, it the weekend before Christmas, the stores say that they get 5% of their sales that weekend, which is allot compared to the whole year.
So to all of you last minute shoppers for the holidays, it’s okay to procrastinate, at least you are getting it done, and now you know that you are not the only one putting it off until now, 3 days before Christmas. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all who read this, and may your holidays be safe and filled with wonderful joys.