Percentage of millennials (ages 26 to 41) who say their annual family holiday gatherings are drama-free, according to a survey by JustAnswer: 18

Percentage of baby boomers who say their annual family holiday gatherings are drama-free: 39

Percentage of senior citizens who say their annual family holiday gatherings are drama-free: 58

Source: JustAnswer.

Percentage of adults who say their at-home children believe in Santa Claus, according to a Pew Research Center poll: 19

Percentage of children who plan to "pretend" that St. Nick will visit their house on Christmas Eve: 70

Percentage of parents who said that Santa "visited" their homes with presents as kids years ago: 72

Source: Pew Research Center's Social and Demographic Trends.

Marriage rate among current young adults between the ages of 18 and 32, according to the U.S. Census Bureau: 26

Marriage rate among young adults in 1997: 36

Marriage rate among young adults in 1980: 48

Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Percentage of Americans who expect to travel for Christmas this year, according to a survey by the American Hotel and Lodging Association: 31

Percentage of people traveling over Christmas who plan to stay in a hotel during their trip: 28

Source: American Hotel and Lodging Association.

Percentage of American parents who think Mrs. Claus deserves more credit than she gets throughout the holiday season, according to a survey by Zulily: 68

Percentage who feel Mrs. Claus is the real brains behind the North Pole gift-giving operation: 57

Percentage of American moms who say their role in the family is primarily that of the "giver" when it comes to this magical time of the year: 88

Percentage who say they don't get enough credit for all the work that goes into the holidays: 70

Source: Zulily.

Percentage of business leaders in the technology industry who say they are already seeing signs of a recession in their businesses today, but add that they also see opportunities for their organizations, according to an Ernst and Young LLP poll: 74

Percentage of business leaders who say they plan to activate their growth plans within the next two years or sooner: 50

Percentage who say they are investing in new talent to remain competitive amid the threat of a recession: 90

Source: Ernst and Young LLP.

Percentage of people with trouble sleeping who report that their insomnia is an added relationship stressor, according to data from the Alliance for Sleep: 53

Percentage of people with trouble sleeping who report that their insomnia causes their partner to "pick up the slack" for the household: 41

Percentage who have stated they've slept in separate bed or room from their significant other: 31

Source: The Alliance for Sleep/Idorsia Pharmaceuticals U.S. Inc.

Percentage of American donors with a charitable giving budget who say rising inflation had no impact on their giving or caused them to increase their giving over the past 12 months, according to a survey on behalf of Vanguard Charitable: 60

Percentage who reported increasing their giving: 24

Approximate number of times more that American donors who included charitable giving in their annual budget gave than those who did not budget for giving over the past 12 months ($2,268 vs. $626): 4

Percentage of Americans who donated to charity in past 12 months: 74

Source: Vanguard Charitable.

On average, percentage of internet users across 20 countries who said they trust the internet (down 11 points since a similar survey was conducted in 2019), according to findings of an Ipsos survey released by The New Institute in Hamburg, Germany: 63

In Japan, the singular exception, percentage-point increase in trust: 7

Among respondents, ranks of the protection of user privacy (65%) and the protection of users' personal data (65%) on the list of the most effective policies to improve trust in the internet: 1 (tie)

Source: Ipsos Public Affairs.

Ranks of Amazon, Fandango, Walmart, Sonic and Target on the list of the top gift cards for this year's holiday shopping season, according to a WalletHub survey: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Source: WalletHub.

Idle Thought

"Vocations which we wanted to pursue, but didn't, bleed, like colors, on the whole of our existence." -- Honore de Balzac, novelist (1799-1850)

Number of years that PNC Bank has calculated the cost, or "Christmas Price Index," of "true love's" gifts based on the holiday song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," according to PNC: 39

Based on the cost of the gifts in the song, percentage growth in the total price for 2022, the third-highest year-over-year increase in history of PNC's holiday calculation: 10.5

Overall cost to buy all 12 gifts in the song in 2022, a record: $45,523.27

Percentage of gifts that involve birds in the Christmas Price Index, with an overall increase in bird and feed prices a significant factor in this year's cost: 50

Approximate percentage jump in the prices for the turtle doves ($600), French hens ($318.75) and geese ($720) in 2022: 9

Source: PNC Financial Services Group.

Percentage of Americans in 2020 who didn't pay off holiday bills before the next holiday season, according to research by Consolidated Credit: 30

Number of payments it would take a person making the minimum payment on $1,381 in holiday credit card debt to pay off the debt: 87

Length of time this would take: 7 years, 3 months

Source: Consolidated Credit.

Percentage of all money made through ransomware attacks that went to Russian hackers, according to The Conference Board: 74

Ranks of the government (16%), health care (11%) and manufacturing/industry (10%) as the three most frequently attacked sectors: 1, 2, 3

Source: The Conference Board.

Estimated number of people who watch World Cup soccer, according to research by LELO: 3 billion

Percentage of these people who find watching football more exciting than having sex: 20

Percentage who would have sex even though football is on TV: 72

Percentage who would position themselves so that they can see the TV while having sex: 8

Source: LELO.

Percentage of Americans who worked from home in October 2022, according to a survey by Slickdeals: 29.1

Percentage who worked from home during the same period last year: 29.5

Source: Slickdeals.

Percentage of U.S. adults who reveal that they have been targeted by a scam while shopping online, according to a study from Norton conducted by the Harris Poll: 25

Percentage of all shoppers who report that they have fallen victim to a scam during the holiday shopping season: 40

Source: Norton by Symantec.

Percentage who said they would consider a store financing or payment plan to cover the costs of gifts, according to an Oracle Retail consumer research study: 71

Percentage of people who noted that cost will be the main factor in moving them from a browser to a buyer: 47

Source: Oracle CX.

Percentage of Americans who plan to do their holiday grocery shopping early, according to NCSolutions: 25

Percentage who say they enjoy watching holiday advertising and will turn to culinary websites for cooking inspiration: 47

Percentage who say they will turn to social media: 39

Percentage who will turn to how-to videos: 35

Source: NCSolutions.

Percentage of firms surveyed by Randstad that could be considered highly responsive to the rapidly changing business landscape: 15

Number of times more likely that responsive enterprises are to respond to customer expectations than nonresponsive enterprises: 3

Number of times more adept they are at accelerating changes to meet market demands: 6

Source: Randstad.

Percentage of people between the ages of 50 and 80 who said it was very or somewhat important to live in their homes as long as possible as they age, according to a University of Michigan poll: 88

Percentage who have put consideration into how their homes should be modified to accommodate their changing needs: 15

Source: University of Michigan Institute for Social Research.

Idle Thought

"The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists." -- Logan Pearsall Smith, essayist (1865-1946)

The average number of seconds separating incidents of cyberattack in the U.S., according to a study by The Conference Board: 39

Percentage of malware attacks on companies that were ransomware -- up from 45% in 2020: 60

Percentage of ransomware attacks on businesses that impacted their ability to operate: 90

Source: The Conference Board.

Percentage of consumers who say they are going to spend the same amount of money this holiday season as last season, but on fewer gifts, according to Debt.com survey: 31

Percentage who said they are willing to spend more, but on quality gifts: 18

Source: Debt.com.

Estimated number of holiday shoppers who will shop from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year -- up by 8 million over last year and the highest estimate since NRF began tracking this data in 2017, according to an annual survey by the National Retail Federation: 166.3 million

Percentage of holiday shoppers who plan to shop during Thanksgiving weekend this year: 69

Ranks of deals being too good to pass up, because of tradition or because it is something to do on the list of the top reasons consumers shopped during Thanksgiving weekend: 1, 2, 3

Source: NRF.

Percentage of parents of undergraduates who reported their student likely applied to up to 10 schools, with 31% of saying their student applied anywhere from six to 10 schools, according to a College Ave survey of parents of undergraduates conducted by Barnes and Noble College Insights: 90

Percentage who enjoyed helping their child with their college essays: 57

Percentage who found filling out college applications stressful: 31

Source: College Ave Student Loans.

Percentage of American employees who say they fully disconnect from work during vacation, according to a survey by Eagle Hill Consulting: 54

Percentage who say they check work email and messages: 28

Percentage who say they continue to work during vacation: 16

Source: Eagle Hill Consulting.

Percentage of consumers who have changed their shopping habits so they don't have to deal with the return process at all, according to a survey commissioned by Slickdeals: 52

Ranks of phones, clothing and TVs on the list of the top items worth returning: 1 (tie), 3

If they plan on returning an item, percentage of respondents who said they don't put it back in its original packaging: 48

Source: Slickdeals.

Beyond Thanksgiving, percentage of American households that anticipate having 10 or more people at other holiday celebrations (up 9% from 2021): 40

Source: Omaha Steaks.

Percentage of Americans who say the No. 1 reason they have credit card debt is because of covering emergencies and unexpected expenses, according to creditcards.com: 46

Percentage who cite day-to-day expenses like groceries, childcare and utilities: 24

Source: creditcards.com.

Percentage of global C-level business leaders who are increasingly concerned about climate change and see the world at a tipping point to act, according to a survey by Deloitte: 79

Percentage who said their companies have already been negatively impacted by climate change: 97

Source: Deloitte.

Percentage of Americans who say they have not received any workplace training in the last year: 56

Percentage who say it would make them more engaged in their role: 40

Source: Carrus.

Idle Thought

"In the small matters, trust the mind; in the large ones, the heart." -- Sigmund Freud