The statistic depicts the results of a survey about the aspects of the holidays that U.S. consumers are looking forward to most in 2009. 62 percent of the respondents stated they were most looking forward to spending time with family and friends, while only 8 percent were really looking forward to the holiday dinners and parties. Only 2 percent claimed they were most looking forward to receiving presents, with 7 percent claiming they loved finding and giving presents to others the most. 8 percent confessed that they were not looking forward to the Christmas holidays.
Thinking of the upcoming Christmas holidays, what is the one thing you most look forward to?
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Harris Interactive. (December 7, 2009). Thinking of the upcoming Christmas holidays, what is the one thing you most look forward to? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/209311/aspects-of-the-holidays-that-us-consumers-look-forward-to-most-in-2009/
Harris Interactive. "Thinking of the upcoming Christmas holidays, what is the one thing you most look forward to? ." Chart. December 7, 2009. Statista. Accessed May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209311/aspects-of-the-holidays-that-us-consumers-look-forward-to-most-in-2009/
Harris Interactive. (2009). Thinking of the upcoming Christmas holidays, what is the one thing you most look forward to? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/209311/aspects-of-the-holidays-that-us-consumers-look-forward-to-most-in-2009/
Harris Interactive. "Thinking of The Upcoming Christmas Holidays, What Is The One Thing You Most Look Forward To? ." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Dec 2009, https://www.statista.com/statistics/209311/aspects-of-the-holidays-that-us-consumers-look-forward-to-most-in-2009/
Harris Interactive, Thinking of the upcoming Christmas holidays, what is the one thing you most look forward to? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/209311/aspects-of-the-holidays-that-us-consumers-look-forward-to-most-in-2009/ (last visited May 13, 2024)
Thinking of the upcoming Christmas holidays, what is the one thing you most look forward to? [Graph], Harris Interactive, December 7, 2009. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/209311/aspects-of-the-holidays-that-us-consumers-look-forward-to-most-in-2009/