It’s [Sometimes] The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – A Brief Socio-Economic Examination of the History of Christmas

McCabe, Steven (2022) It’s [Sometimes] The Most Wonderful Time of the Year – A Brief Socio-Economic Examination of the History of Christmas. Birmingham City University, Centre for Brexit Studies Blog.

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Abstract

Christmas is seen as effectively marking the end of the commercial year.

In the UK, as well as many other major economies, the couple of weeks immediately prior to Christmas is traditionally the period when we’re exhorted to, as the parlance goes, ‘shop til we drop!’

Unfortunately, as latest ONS (Office for National Statistics) figures, published on Friday indicate, because of the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, this is likely to be a tough festive season for retailers (Jolly, 2022). Once fuel sales were excluded, and apart from food sales, there was a general fall in sales of 0.3% in November when compared to October (Sillars, 2022).

Item Type:	Other
Dates:	Date Event 19 December 2022 Published Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Centre for Brexit Studies, CBS, Brexit, BCU, EU, European Union, UK, Birmingham City University, UK Government, UK politics
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-03 - politics > CAH15-03-01 - politics
Divisions:	Research, Innovation, Enterprise > Centre for Brexit Studies
Depositing User:	Gemma Tonks
Date Deposited:	11 Jan 2023 11:22
Last Modified:	11 Jan 2023 11:22
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/14110

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