Sunday December 15, 2013 I was reading in the latest AARP bulletin about Christmas creep. Here are AARP’s listings for this year compared to 1963 (a very good year).
Christmas tree 1963 $2.50 2013 $45.00 I am not sure about those exact numbers, but the shift percentage is about right. Most popular toy 1963 Easy bake oven $15.95, 2013 Big hugs Elmo $59.99. Holiday card stamps 1963 were 5 cents, 2013 46 cents. Mail order 2 pound fruitcake 1963 was $4.25, 2013 $27.95. I might add in 1963 I was paying 33 cents a gallon for premium gasoline, 2013 $4.95.
My addition in the sixties I remember coffee at 50 cents a pound, 2013 $6.00 a pound for anything worth drinking.
Joyce has decorated her Christmas trees. Now on to the kitchen cabinets.
Joyce is my queen of Christmas.
Joyce has decorated her Christmas trees. Now on to the kitchen cabinets.
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