{"id":10244,"date":"2008-12-19T17:35:06","date_gmt":"2008-12-19T17:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/holiday_gift_choices_reflect_consumers_new_priorities\/"},"modified":"2008-12-19T17:35:06","modified_gmt":"2008-12-19T17:35:06","slug":"holiday_gift_choices_reflect_consumers_new_priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=10244","title":{"rendered":"Holiday gift choices reflect consumers&#39; new priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with rising unemployment and a dismal stock market, consumers are spending less on holiday gifts this year. But the presents they&#8217;re buying may say even more about how Americans are coping with the economic slump.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christmas is already an introspective time, but it&#8217;s become even more so with the economy,&#8221; says Ken Nisch, chairman of the retail brand and design firm JGA. &#8220;People are re-evaluating Christmas, what&#8217;s in their heart and what&#8217;s under the tree.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/money\/industries\/retail\/2008-12-18-gifts-recession-shopping_N.htm\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faced with rising unemployment and a dismal stock market, consumers are spending less on holiday gifts this year. But the presents they&#8217;re buying may say even more about how Americans are coping with the economic slump. &#8220;Christmas is already an<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=10244\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,40,575,187,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-life-church-life","category-economics-politics","category-christmas","category-church-year-liturgical-seasons","category-economy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}