Kids Get The Lions Share
Of Christmas Spending

30th November 2007

A report from Halifax Credit Cards shows that the average Christmas shopper spends £384 on Christmas presents.Those aged 35-44 years-old are likely to spend the most with an average present bill of £570. And you probably suspected this anyway, but the people getting the most presents are the kids.

Women spend and buy more than men…

The Halifax Credit Cards' research revealed, that on average women spend £412 on presents.Men spend £56 less with an average of £355 . Women typically buy 22 presents for Christmas whereas men buy 15.Those aged 35-44 buy the most with an average of 24 presents.

For some of us Christmas shopping starts as early as January…

Some of you are very organised, with over one in twenty of us (7%) admitted to starting Christmas shopping as early as January.However, the vast majority of us start in September (10%), October (13%), November (24%) and December (39%).

There's also a definite gender divide when it comes to planning Christmas shopping.Almost half of men (47%) don't start until December compared to less than a third (30%) of women.

Children set to get the most presents…

No surprise here; when asked who we spent the most on, children topped the poll. Four in ten (40%) said they spent most on children at Christmas followed by other family (27%).

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