7 Things You Didn’t Know About Christmas

How do people feel about exchanging gifts for Christmas?  How many Americans actually celebrate Christmas?  What's more Stressful than Christmas shopping?  Here are 7 things you didn't know about world's most celebrated holiday.

1.  It would take the average parents $1,400 to buy everything on their kid's Christmas list.

2.  The average person will lose about three pounds preparing for Christmas . . . but will gain about six pounds by the end of the year.

3.  3% of Americans who celebrate Christmas won't be exchanging gifts.

4.  95% of Americans celebrate Christmas . . . but only 62% of Americans will go to church on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.

5.  62% of people say they'll read your whole long Christmas letter, 24% will at least skim it . . . and 14% apparently don't care what your family has accomplished this year.

6.  The majority of people say hosting Christmas is more stressful than going to the dentist.

7.  And finally, 6% of people say they'd rather be alone in a desert than at home with their family on Christmas.

[Via:  NBC 5 - Salt Lake City / FemaleFirst / Gallup / Newstrack India / West Country / FemaleFirst]