Americans start celebrating the “holiday season” as early as Thanksgiving, which marks the beginning of the festivities until New Year’s Day ending on January 1st.
The season holidays have become an acknowledgment of all the holidays that are celebrated in the United States by all people and their faiths but the décor is traditional with red, green and gold all over the place and SALE signs across the United States.
The holiday season in the United States is an important family holiday and a very important economic indicator for the world economy at large. Families are expected to spend $700 per household on gifts in America for an anticipated total of $465 billion dollars of holiday spending in 2012. That amount of spending is not only significant for America’s domestic economy but also for international retail sales as well since many of the products are imported and manufactured abroad.
The travel industry also depends on the holidays as family members make plans to celebrate Christmas or other holidays with their loved ones.
Americans start their Christmas tree search and shopping as early as post Thanksgiving holiday, and decorate it in advance until December 24th, Christmas Eve. They also hope that it snows so that they will have a “white Christmas” and then, Santa Clause (or parents) put the final gifts underneath the tree so that on December 25th, Christmas Day, the kids can wake up to a tree with lots of presents.
The officially ‘holiday season” in American finally ends on January 1st on New Year Day but new beginnings and opportunities are in order especially when most Americans made their New Year’s resolutions, which are promises like to go on a diet or earn more money.
