Nearly one in four Americans (23%) will not exchange gifts for Christmas. This includes one out of five (20%) Christians. The study does not say to what extent this rejection of the major way our culture celebrates the birth of Christ comes from principle, piety, impiety, Scroogism, poverty, age, or what.
Do any of you have the custom of not giving presents? Please tell us about it.
From News from The Associated Press:
Christmastime is here and a new poll reveals the cards and gifts that are part of celebrating the holiday are ubiquitous, even among those who don’t share the Christian beliefs behind the story of the Magi who gave the first Christmas gifts.
According to the Associated Press-GfK poll, 77 percent of Americans plan to exchange gifts this holiday season and 48 percent will send greeting cards. The gift-giving set includes about 8 in 10 Christians and 73 percent of those who say they have no religious beliefs.
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