Santa's Gift-O-Meter: German consumers buy 28% of Christmas gifts by end of November

December 2, 2021

How many Christmas gifts have consumers already shopped for under the Christmas tree this year so far? Find out in Santa's Gift-O-Meter!

Here AfterPay Insights tracks the pace of Dutch, German, Norwegian and British consumers’ gift shopping and how this accumulates over time since September 2021.

By end of November, 28% of German Christmas gifts are in, compared to only 12% in October and 10% in September.

Visit Santa's Gift-O-Meter for the other countries here:

The Netherlands
Norway
United Kingdom

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