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Poll: Have you started gift-buying yet?
December 11th, 2008, 11:14 am · 3 Comments · posted by Jan Norman, small-business columnist
With only two weeks left until Christmas, 33% of Americans haven’t even started shopping for presents, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports survey
At the other extreme, 22% have already finished all their shopping.
Other findings:
- 9% began their shopping within the last week.
- Men are bigger procrastinators than women: 38% to 28% haven’t bought a single gift.
- 62% plan to spend less on gifts than they did last year; 12% say they’ll spend more.
Tell us about your gift-buying progress:
How's your gift shopping going?
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I’ll start when I have some time off. It will all get done during the 5 days before Christmas.
Thank goodness for the internet and UPS!
finished over a week ago. Now to enjoy the rest of the season with out rushing and dealing with last minute grumpy’s at the stores.