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Infographic: Holiday Preferences

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Americans still prefer a physical store over online shopping

More Americans still prefer to shop in a physical store (49 percent) than shop online (38 percent). But among shoppers who are younger than 40, 48 percent prefer to shop online. People in households with more than $70,000 in household income also have a preference for shopping online.

The findings from the Saint Leo University poll tend to reinforce what we […]

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Gifts, gift cards or cash? Givers and receivers disagree

People might be conflicted about what form a gift should take. And it makes a big difference whether you are giving or receiving a gift, according to a new national poll conducted by the Saint Leo University Polling Institute.

People were presented with the hypothetical example of a gift of $25 in value. When asked if they would prefer to give […]

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Despite the digital world, Americans still favor snail mail holiday greetings

You might think in this era of constant emails and social media postings that old-style paper Christmas or holiday cards and formatted letters summarizing a family’s year might be peculiarities. Not so. In a modern age, our behavior still trends toward the traditional.

The Saint Leo University poll found 43 percent of respondents send stock cards, and another 22 percent send […]

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Americans favor device free family dinner, but will they follow through?

Americans hate the proliferation of mobile phones and tablets at the dinner table, according to a new survey by the Saint Leo University Polling Institute. Whether they will do something about it is another question.

According to the Saint Leo poll, 84 percent of Americans say they agree with a policy of not allowing smart phones and other handheld devices at […]

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Paper Holiday Cards and Letters Persist in Popularity – As Do Cash Gifts

While We’re Fond of Tradition, Online Shopping Has Plenty of Fans
You might think in this era of constant emails and social media postings that old-style paper Christmas or holiday cards and formatted letters summarizing a family’s year might be peculiarities. Not so. In a modern age, our behavior still trends toward the traditional.

That’s just one of the findings about America’s […]

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