Results: Some Americans forced to forgo Christmas gifts due to inflation
Published on 12/06/2023
Some Americans are feeling the effects of inflation heading into the holiday season, according to a 2023 survey from WalletHub.
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/media/some-americans-forced-forgo-christmas-gifts-inflation-survey
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/media/some-americans-forced-forgo-christmas-gifts-inflation-survey
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Thirty-four percent of respondents said their family was foregoing gifts due to inflation, while 66% said their family was not. Is your family planning on doing any of the following?
Foregoing all gifts
11%
298 votes
Putting a spending cap on gifts
27%
733 votes
Participating in Secret Santa so each person only has to buy one gift
7%
177 votes
Foregoing gifts for adults but still buying for kids
13%
344 votes
Making or baking gifts
9%
237 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
80 votes
Not Applicable
41%
1116 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| 0.75% | 14 | |
| no change | 0.16% | 3 |
| same as last year | 0.11% | 2 |
| no changes | 0.11% | 2 |
| EXCHANGING GIFTS | 0.11% | 2 |
| Not sure | 0.05% | 1 |
| cutting back but not foregoing completely | 0.05% | 1 |
| not buying gifts this year | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just spending less | 0.05% | 1 |
| We don't celebrate Christmas | 0.05% | 1 |
| Have a small family so we’re still buying gifts | 0.05% | 1 |
| Carrying on as usual! | 0.05% | 1 |
| Buy and exchange gifts | 0.05% | 1 |
| Only gifts for friends. | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'll do my check giving as usual. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Only buy for each other and both on a budget | 0.05% | 1 |
| not buying for some adults | 0.05% | 1 |
| Bujying gift cards and giving cash. | 0.05% | 1 |
| gits for close family, gifts for more distant kids | 0.05% | 1 |
| We don't plan any changes. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not forgoing anything | 0.05% | 1 |
| giving all gifts | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not spending as much. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Foregoing to some but not to close friends | 0.05% | 1 |
| Going on vacation instead of a lot of gifts | 0.05% | 1 |
| Only for my 2 kids | 0.05% | 1 |
| no | 0.05% | 1 |
| there's only the 2 of us, so we still do gifts | 0.05% | 1 |
| We just give gift certificates | 0.05% | 1 |
| Christmas as always for us, there's been a whole year to prepare. | 0.05% | 1 |
| None of the above. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Prepaid cards and / small gifts to give | 0.05% | 1 |
| We don't celebrate Christmas. | 0.05% | 1 |
| As in the past, giving each a frozen home made Saskatoon pie and a gift for a third world charity of animals or educaiton for children | 0.05% | 1 |
| we give ea grchild same $. | 0.05% | 1 |
| do what I can... | 0.05% | 1 |
| 1 FAMILY GIFT EACH | 0.05% | 1 |
| I'm not able to give worthy gifts and not able to be with anyone. | 0.05% | 1 |
| giving money | 0.05% | 1 |
| getting gifts as always | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not cutting | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just cutting down | 0.05% | 1 |
| My family did a "Grab Bag" in which we draw 1 name each and have a spending cap of $50. | 0.05% | 1 |
| giving gifts as usual | 0.05% | 1 |
| Only buying a couple of gifts. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Gifts of food/meals. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Cash | 0.05% | 1 |
| not sure yet | 0.05% | 1 |
| buying gifts as usual | 0.05% | 1 |
| buying for pets | 0.05% | 1 |
| Buy fewer, cheaper gifts | 0.05% | 1 |
| buying gifts | 0.05% | 1 |
| Still buying gifts | 0.05% | 1 |
| Bought handmade from friends | 0.05% | 1 |
| Just getting what we can. We never go crazy, anyway. | 0.05% | 1 |
| Not making any changes | 0.05% | 1 |
| Give them cash, no change in how much | 0.05% | 1 |
| Had to sign up for help this Christmas | 0.05% | 1 |
| same as usual | 0.05% | 1 |
| doing same as always-buying gifts for the family | 0.05% | 1 |
| Exchanging gifts with no $ cap. | 0.05% | 1 |
| not sure ... no money problems but family problems | 0.05% | 1 |
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Fox News' Mollie Line said the Salvation Army's Angel Tree was a good way to help fellow Americans struggling with the effects of inflation during the Christmas season. "One of the things we're seeing all across America is the Salvation Army is reporting this great need for the angel tags. This is happening in Denver where some 10,000 gifts they're trying to work on getting out to kids. In my home city, Waltham, Massachusetts, they had over 500 tags that they were trying to fill and get out." The Salvation Army Christmas Tree is where the public is encouraged to select an angel from a tree with a child's name and gift preference and purchase the specified gift for that child. Have you ever participated in this tree or something like it? Yes
35%
934 votes
No
65%
1766 votes
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