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Holiday Pay
According to a Daily Mirror survey, if mothers got paid for preparing for Christmas they would earn close to $30,000 for their work. The paper figured out women perform 11 jobs and are hopelessly under-compensated.
Those jobs include:
- 46 hours cooking at $50 an hour.
- 96 hours choosing gifts at $30 an hour.
- 12 hours making costumes for nativity plays at $25 an hour
- 62 hours organizing events at $60 an hour
- 32 hours as a party hostess at $75 an hour
Extreme Holiday Makeover
A seasonal survey published in The Daily Mail reveals that women wear three times more make-up during the holiday season. Other findings:
- the average woman slathers on 12 products during the holiday season. In contrast, they apply just four cosmetic items on a normal day and a mere eight on an evening out at any other time of year.
- women spend an hour to create the perfect look for a Christmas party. That's up from 20 minutes of preening on a typical day and 40 minutes of preparation for a non-festive evening out.
Unwanted Gifts
A survey by Policy Expert reveals that 77% of Christmas gifts are unwanted. Other findings:
- 25% of people regift
- 33% of people donate their unwanted gifts to charity shops
- 10% of people try to return unwanted gifts
- 4% of people sell unwanted gifts on eBay
- 54% of people say giving gifts is their favorite thing about Christmas
Holiday Party Survey
A survey by Instantprint reveals that 53% of holiday office party trysts do not turn into long-term relationships. Other findings:
- 24% of people have kissed a coworker at an office holiday party.
- 25% of people have been embarrassed to go into work following an office Christmas party.
- 33% of people say those who work in their company's marketing and sales departments are the rowdiest at office holiday parties
- 17% of workers have a crush on a co-worker