Season’s snippets
Percent of spending on holiday decorations that goes for inflatable Santas, penguins, and polar bears: 16
Percent of Americans who leave their holiday decorations up all year: 1
Number of books Barnes & Noble collected and donated to needy children during the 2010 holiday season: More than 1 million
Cost of a Nerf N-Strike Stampede ECS soft-dart gun, ranked 2011’s hottest Christmas gift by The Perfect Toys website: $45.99
Percent of families who open gifts on Christmas morning: 60
Percent who open them on Christmas Eve: 27
Percent of adults who named “Silent Night” as their favorite Christmas song: 23
Percent who named “The Chipmunk Song:” 6
Percent of Americans likely to watch a Christmas movie during the holiday season: 83
Percent likely to attend a religious service: 66
Approximate amount Americans spend each Christmas season on photos of their children visiting a shopping-mall Santa: $2,255,750,000
Minutes the average adult spends wrapping Christmas presents: 147
Percent of American families who celebrate another December holiday along with Christmas, such as Hanukkah or Kwanzaa: 10
Sources: Men’s Health, Professional Services Close-Up, ThePerfectToys.com, Amazon.com, Squidoo.com, Uberreview.com, Facts.about.org, The Huffington Post.
