Christmas will be on Monday, December 25th this year and it will be here soon coming in just 39 days. Here is all of the info that you need to start getting festive and ready to have a successful Christmas.

Weather:

A white Christmas is probable this year due to cold fronts coming in from Canada in December. A white Christmas, of course, refers to snowy weather on Christmas Day. If you wake up on Christmas morning and look out the window to see at least 1 inch of snow it is considered to be a White Christmas. This is a big deal for us Pennsylvanians because less than 10% of our Christmases turn out to be white. For many people they can make Christmas much more festive and happy. Since early predictions say that a white Christmas is imminent, the build up to Christmas is even more cheerful than usual.

Consumerism during the Holiday Season:

Christmas is a time for joyfulness and no worries but sometimes getting enough of the right gifts can be stressful. Many people want to spend a lot of money for the occasion and this Christmas has once again been predicted as the new highest spending holiday season. Here is a statistic from the National Retail Federation:

Signaling the impact of the current economic climate, the National Retail Federation predicts that holiday spending during November and December will rise to “record levels” of between 3% and 4% year over year to between $957.3 billion and $966.6 billion.

“Consumers remain in the driver’s seat, and are resilient despite headwinds of inflation, higher gas prices, stringent credit conditions and elevated interest rates,” NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said in a statement.

Christmas is a time of generosity and thankfulness so take the measures that you can now to best cherish this upcoming holdiay season.