Cell Phones Become Key Companions for Holiday Shopping Season
Just over half of adult cell phone owners used their devices during the last holiday season to help make a shopping decision while in a store.
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Just over half of adult cell phone owners used their devices during the last holiday season to help make a shopping decision while in a store.
Some parents may be spending more than just the holidays with their grown children as 13% say one of their adult sons or daughters has moved back home.
While more Americans would rather hear Merry Christmas than a less religious greeting, a plurality (45%) say it doesn’t matter.
Fully 87% of Americans are not at all bothered by Christmas music in stores and public places.
More than more than eight-in-ten Americans say that displays of Christmas symbols such as nativity scenes and Christmas trees should be allowed on government property — as long as they are part of a display that includes symbols of other faiths and holiday traditions
A 45%-plurality of Americans say they don’t really care how they are greeted when they enter stores or businesses; 42% prefer a “Merry Christmas” greeting.
That’s the percentage of the U.S. public that prefers “Merry Christmas” to non-religious welcomes such as “Season’s Greetings.” However, given the choice, a 45% plurality says it does not matter much either way.
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