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What Americans think about giving cash as holiday gifts, according to a new AP-NORC poll
About 60% of Americans consider cash or gift cards very acceptable holiday gifts, with younger adults showing higher acceptance, according to an AP-NORC poll.
- Earlier this month, the AP-NORC poll of 1,146 U.S. adults found about 6 in 10 say cash or gift cards are very acceptable holiday presents.
- Generational differences emerged as about two-thirds of U.S. adults under age 45 call cash very acceptable, compared with 55% of adults age 45 or older, with younger adults also more open to secondhand gifts.
- Survey responses show mixed feelings about gift types, with about 9 in 10 U.S. adults finding cash or gift cards somewhat acceptable and only about 1 in 10 planning Elf on the Shelf.
- Holiday timing habits include 44% of Americans saying they won’t stay up to greet 2026, with about one-third leaving decorations up after New Year’s Day.
- The poll also captured quirky trends, finding about 3 in 10 U.S. adults will give a gift to their pet this year and roughly one-quarter plan to watch sports on Christmas Day.
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Most Americans are fine with giving cash as holiday gifts, new poll finds
Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep before midnight on New Year’s Eve, according to a new AP-NORC poll. About 6 in 10 Americans say cash or gift cards are “very” acceptable as holiday presents, but they’re much less likely to say that about a gift that was purchased secondhand or re-gifted, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Cente…
AP-NORC Poll: 60% of Americans OK With Cash Holiday Gifts
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What Americans think about giving cash as holiday gifts, according to a new AP-NORC poll
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults are on board with giving cash or gift cards as holiday presents. Only 30% find secondhand gifts acceptable.
·United States
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