Daily News | Some Philly shoppers are taking ‘a more minimalistic approach’ to buying gifts this holiday season
Most years, Shaun Fishburn and his wife, Monica Sweeney, have completely different approaches to holiday shopping. Sweeney gets most of her shopping done between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Fishburn waits until a week or two before Christmas and braves the crowds at the mall for a single day, during which he attempts to get gifts for everyone on his list.
“She has so many toys, new toys and hand-me-downs from relatives and friends. She plays with them for a little bit and they pile up. It’s kind of wasteful,” said Sweeney, 41, also an engineer. “It’s nice to get her out to do things. … She was born pretty much into the pandemic, so for her first year of her life she didn’t really go anywhere.”
“I usually spend over $100 per person [on gifts], but I don’t really budget it,” said King, a manager in SEPTA’s Senior Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program Office. Now, “my thought is more like $50 cash per person.”In Havertown, Aino Assmus thought she would be saving money this year as she, like Fishburn and Sweeney, focused more on gifting experiences and nearly eliminated physical gift-giving, aside from a few “stocking stuffers.
“In the end, it doesn’t make a difference [financially] compared to the last two years,” said Assmus, who owns a real estate photography and staging services company. She anticipates by the time Christmas arrives, and factoring in all the costs of a trip, she will end up spending about as much as she did last year.
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