Your Passive-Aggressive Stinginess Is Destroying The American Economy
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If Christmas ads are the drinks, then lackluster Christmas sales are the hang-over and we’re giving up booze.

Every year, our reward for making it through a month of ubiquitous Christmas ads is hearing about how ineffective they were. This year was no exception:

Spending from Thanksgiving to Christmas rose just 3.6 percent over last year, the weakest performance in at least four years, according to MasterCard Advisors, a division of the credit card company.

If it’s any consolation, Amazon had its best Christmas ever. Actually, it’s not. We don’t care either way.

Dec 26, 2007 · posted by rebecca · Link · 1 Response
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    No. 1 Jeff says:

    This is like having a father that always withholds his approval. Makes me want to have sex with strangers.

    Posted: Dec 26, 2007 at 1:50 pm
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