About how much did U.S. shoppers spend in total during the 2024 November-December holiday season?
Answer$994.1 billion
That was a new record, up 4% from the year before.
Source: National Retail Federation (via Wikipedia) (2024) en.wikipedia.org
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4 sourced facts about gift-giving and holiday shopping, each with the context behind the number. 4 more are in today's round and appear here after it closes.
Going deeper
About how much did the average shopper plan to spend this past holiday season, per a 2025 retail survey?
Answer$1,595
That was actually down 10% from the year before, as shoppers pulled back on spending.
Source: Deloitte Holiday Retail Survey (2025) deloitte.com
About what share of U.S. consumers bought a gift card as a present during the 2012 holiday season?
Answernearly 50%
Gift cards have long ranked among the most requested and most given holiday presents.
Source: Wikipedia (2012) en.wikipedia.org
Expert level
About how many real Christmas trees were sold in the U.S. in 2012?
Answerabout 24 million
They sold at a total retail value of over $1 billion.
Source: Wikipedia (2012) en.wikipedia.org
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