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Christmas today is a big business, and one part of that is the multibillion-dollar business of selling Christmas trees. The U.S. Christmas tree industry is so large, it even has two dueling trade ...

The Christmas season is a particularly good time to think about the fundamental weaknesses of conventional economic theory. Frenzied shopping for gifts cannot easily be reconciled with the standard ...

Rising inflation is making gift giving all the more stressful this year, but it doesn't have to be that way. Karolina Grabowska / Pexels There’s a lot of pressure to make Christmas “the most wonderful ...

Every Christmas season, I have composed a “review and outlook” for the economy set to the rhythm and meter of Clement Moore’s classic, “A Visit from St. Nicholas.” In this year’s rendition – the 41st ...

Even during a cost of living crisis, with interest rates and inflation high, the average spending per person for Christmas 2023 in the U.K. is expected to reach as much as £974. Retailers, advertisers ...

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The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Christmas today is a big business, and one part of that is the ...

Christmas is near and Catholics in rural villages of northern Bangladesh have decorated their houses with banana leaves and marigold flowers as part of a long-held Christmas tradition. Women are all ...