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20% of Families have Quirky Holiday Traditions, Study Finds

September 6, 2021
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SWNYQUIRKY by Marie Haaland
New York office - 646-873-7565 / usnews@swns.com
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From dressing their cat up in a holiday costume to must-win games of Mario Kart on Christmas morning, a new study revealed some of Americans’ more quirky festive traditions.

Whether exchanging ugly ornaments, camping in the living room or opening all their presents on Christmas Eve, the holidays are all about honoring family traditions and some are more unique than others.

Results revealed that 52 percent of Americans work to replicate holidays from their childhood, as they continue to celebrate the majority of traditions they had while growing up.

Additionally, half of respondents report celebrating traditions that have been passed down in their family for generations.

A third (32 percent) are continuing traditions from their grandparents and 27 percent carry on traditions from their great-grandparents or before.

Commissioned by Kohl’s and conducted by OnePoll, the study of 2,000 Americans looked at our holiday traditions and holiday gifting.

Almost a fifth of respondents report having a quirky tradition – these include making ornaments with their dog’s paw print, watching horror movies on Christmas day and sending holiday cards to people they don’t know.

Other unique traditions include hiding Christmas presents for the younger kids, making snow angels and wearing silly Christmas pajamas.

For many, gift giving is an important part of the holiday season and almost half of respondents (48 percent) have a gift that they give and/or receive every year.

Top gifts to give and/or receive every year are ornaments (42 percent), pajamas (35 percent) and blankets (28 percent).

“For many families, holiday shopping is as much a part of the celebration as gathering around a turkey,” said Joe Bagby, vice president, customer insights and strategy at Kohl's. “We love seeing the same families walk through the doors of our Kohl's stores each year to kick off the holiday season.”

Thirty-two percent partake in an annual Black Friday shopping trip, but respondents report other shopping traditions as well.

These include the whole family getting new cozy pajamas and slippers, gifting fuzzy socks for the holiday and shopping on Christmas Eve, because “it’s exhilarating.”

Sixteen percent of Americans grew up with the tradition of wearing matching pajamas with someone else in their family on the morning of the holiday.

With the stress of the season, it can be important to relax. To help them feel at ease, people report spending time with their family (58 percent), staying home in comfy clothes (51 percent) and eating holiday food and treats (48 percent).

The study also examined the most common holiday traditions, which were found to be decorating a Christmas tree (57 percent), decorating the house (54 percent) and watching holiday movies (50 percent).

Playing holiday music (48 percent) and sending out holiday cards (40 percent) rounded out the top five most common traditions.

Seventy-three percent of respondents agree that holiday traditions are important to them.

When thinking of the traditions they celebrate, 53 percent report feeling excited for the holiday season, 52 percent feel joyful and 45 percent are nostalgic.

“The holiday season is one of those special times when doing the same thing year after year never loses its luster. Wearing matching pajamas can be a fun way to get in the holiday spirit and enjoy the comfort of a tradition passed down through the years,” said Joe Bagby, vice president, customer insights and strategy at Kohl's.

Along with holiday traditions, respondents look forward to spending time with their loved ones (73 percent), eating holiday food (66 percent) and giving gifts (61 percent) during the holiday season.

 

TOP 20 MOST POPULAR HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

  1. Decorating a Christmas tree
  2. Decorating the house
  3. Watching holiday movies
  4. Playing holiday music
  5. Sending out holiday cards
  6. Driving or walking around the neighborhood to see the holiday lights/decorations
  7. Displaying Christmas stockings
  8. Drinking hot chocolate
  9. Baking holiday desserts as a family
  10. Going holiday shopping on Black Friday
  11. Choosing and buying a Christmas tree
  12. Holiday shopping on Cyber Monday
  13. Having the same holiday meal every year
  14. Opening one present the night before the holiday
  15. Going window shopping
  16. Taking photographs with Santa
  17. Setting up a nativity scene
  18. Giving and/or receiving a holiday ornament every year
  19. Setting out milk and cookies for Santa
  20. Hanging mistletoe

 

QUIRKY HOLIDAY TRADITIONS

Dressing their cat up in a holiday costume

Playing Mario Kart games on Christmas morning

Exchanging ugly ornaments

Camping in the living room on the night of Christmas Eve

Opening all their presents on Christmas Eve

Making ornaments with their dog’s paw print

Watching horror movies on Christmas day

Sending holiday cards to people they don’t know

Hiding Christmas presents for the younger kids

Making snow angels

Wearing silly Christmas pajamas

 

TOP THINGS PEOPLE LOOK FORWARD TO DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON

  1. Spending time with loved ones
  2. Eating holiday food
  3. Giving gifts
  4. Playing/listening to holiday music
  5. Receiving gifts


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