According to a recent Consumer Reports poll, a total of 36 percent of American adults said they would recycle a gift this holiday season.
The article in the Chicago Tribune compared that number with 31 percent of adults who said they would pass on a gift that had been received by them from someone else in 2008, and 24 percent in 2007.
No doubt due to the recession, about a third said they would spend less this year on holiday gifts than they spent the previous year.
Perhaps not shocking, the poll also found that six percent of adults are still carrying holiday debt from last year.
What will you regift this year?
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President Barack Obama intends to celebrate the traditional Mexican holiday of Cinco de Mayo on May 4. While in the East Room of the White House, Obama joked that he intended to celebrate the “Cautro de Mayo.” He is currently hosting Mexican Ambassador Arturo Sarukhan.
Unfortunately, Obama’s Spanish isn’t very good. First he said “Cinco de Cuatro,” and a second attempt at Spanish pronunciation failed as well. Fortunately for the Presidential joker, Obama still got a lot of laughs.
Contrary to popular belief, Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexican Independence Day. The holiday actually commemorates an important military victory against occupying French troops on May 5, 1862 in the state of Puebla. On this day, Mexicans honor the stunning triumph of an outnumbered and under-equipped Mexican army over an invading French force. The victory did not prevent the French from conquering Mexico and installing an emperor, but it did delay the occupation of Mexico City. The actual Mexican Independence Day falls on September 16.