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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Yes, but how much of that commerce wouldn't occur in another setting over the rest of the year? Is all of the commerce at Christmas contrived for the holiday or would people buy gifts or acquire the possessions in other settings? Or some proportion of them?
This excepts Christmas specific items, which are probably substantial but certainly not the bulk of what you citing.
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Much of the commerce of Christmas is contrived for the holidays. Many gifts, particularly in the corporate sector, would never get bought but for the holiday. Useless shit like paperweights and tote bags, and stuff like gift baskets. Christmas cards, which everyone has to send to everyone else. The huge amounts of money spent on holiday parties, which probably would not otherwise get spent.
A lot of unwanted, unneeded gifts just get tossed every year. Not everyone just buys the wife some household appliances and the kids regular school clothes at Xmas.
