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Holiday Season - US Census Bureau
The holiday season is once again upon us, and the US Census Bureau provides the latest facts with their Fact for Features: The 2008 Holiday Season where they explain:
The holiday season is a time for gathering and celebrating with friends and family, gift-giving, reflection and thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its data collection.
Some of the facts include:
— 20 billion - # of pieces of mail the US Postal Service expected to deliver between Thanksgiving and Christmas last year
— $30.5 billion - retail sales by the nation’s department stores (including leased departments) in December 2007
— $493.3 million - sales by US Christmas tree farmers in 2007
— $593.8 million - value of US imports of Christmas tree ornaments from China between January and August 2008
— More than 305 million - nation’s projected population as we ring in the New Year
For more, go read the rest: Fact for Features: The 2008 Holiday Season.
— michael | December 18, 2008 03:57 PM | I found it online
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