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# Britons waste over $4.5 billion a year on unwanted Christmas presents
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2007125britons-waste-over-45-billion-a-year-on-unwanted-christmas-p-html/
- Published: 2007-12-05T14:41:03.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:32:19.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Faith, Life, #DashHouseCom, #wp

People are realizing how much we waste on Christmas gifts every year that really don’t cut it. From [Reuters](http://uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUKL037326420071203?ref=dashhouse.com):

> LONDON (Reuters Life!) – Britons waste 2.3 billion pounds \[over $4.5 billion\] every year on unwanted Christmas presents, and almost a third of them wind up being sold online after the festive season.

> More than three-quarters of 1,400 adults surveyed for charity World Vision said they waste up to 50 pounds on unwanted gifts every Christmas…

> The research also shows that more than a quarter of Britons cannot remember what anyone bought them for Christmas last year.

But their alternative isn’t all that good:

> But almost 60 percent who waste money on unwanted Christmas presents said they would rather spend that money on themselves than give it to charity.

I think there’s [a better idea](http://www.adventconspiracy.org/?ref=dashhouse.com).