90% To Celebrate Christmas
Ninety percent (90%) of American adults will celebrate Christmas in some form or another this holiday season. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 82% will have a large dinner with family and friends to celebrate the occasion. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of those celebrating Christmas will open presents on Christmas morning while 25% get an earlier start and open presents on Christmas Eve. Sixty-four percent (64%) of all Americans consider Christmas one of the nation’s most important holidays.
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