From: TIME
Why Christmas Creep Turns Holiday Shoppers into Grinches
November 4, 2015
TIME:
We’re a nation divided, with each side judging the other harshly, unable to empathize with the counterpart’s point of view. And with each sure that their side’s own values, methods and motives are more just, more reasonable, and just plain better. Sound familiar?
And yet, according to the National Retail Federation, more than 40% of Americans begin their holiday shopping before Halloween. No one’s forcing them to do so. Could such a large percentage of our population truly be neurotic, materialistic, and/or easily manipulated, like Joanne suggests?
Read the whole story: TIME
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