[Music] is the season to be jolly it's also the season to be fat maybe the average person will only gain one pound over the holiday season Unfortunately they are not likely to ever lose it according to the New England Journal of Medicine if you're already overweight you're likely to gain upwards of 5 lbs over the holiday season from fat bellies to Fat wallets 71% of Americans Buy holiday gifts spending an average of $830 per person totaling $ 66.9 billion in retail spending in November and December that's more than half of our government's $1.1 trillion budget
and more money spent than on these sectors combined 95% of Americans are even planning to buy gifts for their pets not all animals are so lucky reindeer meat is a delicacy in Finland the demand so outweighs the supply that extra slaughtered reindeer are shipped in from Russia and something you may not know male reindeers shed their antlers in winter so the reindeers who run Santa show are female and they're probably making 70 Cent from a dollar 72% of Americans believed in Santa when they were kids but only 31% keep the lie up with their own
children I guess that's progress while Christmas is a boon for the Grinch it's not the greatest time to be The Lorax nearly 83 million trees are chopped down across North America and Europe every year and it takes between 7 to 10 years to grow a Christmas tree back Christmas tree fires account for an average of $17.5 Million worth of property damage every season the average household will waste $367 in energy costs on Christmas life and an estimated 3,311 people will suffer injuries putting them up or down another big holiday waer the 2.65 billion Christmas cards
sold each year in the US could fill a football field 10 stories high with all that sadness it's no wonder that the two weeks before Christmas is when couples are most likely to break up during the year but because we love a happy ending December 25th is a day that keeps us together according to Facebook on Christmas day there are 34% more new relationship status updates than breakups happy holidays
