In the latest Christmas gifts survey by It’s In The Stars, we discovered:

* The top five most popular Christmas gifts of 2008 were personalised gifts (24.3%), clothes/shoes/accessories/jewllery (20.3%), books/CDs/DVDs (16.2%), electronic gadgets (16.2%) and beauty/fragrance/health (12.8%)

* One in three people (34.4%) buy Christmas gifts (or any sort of gifts) throughout the year when they see something suitable or on sale

* 45.0% of men vs 23.9% of women have not bought gifts online

* 78.4% will spend more than $75 on Christmas gifts per child, while 75.4% will spend over $75 on their partner

* Kris Kringles are considered the best idea ever to save money, time and hassle for work (41.9%), family (23.5%) and friends (21.9%) – and Generation Y is the most likely to hate family Kris Kringles with a passion (34.0%)

* Nearly half would use online gift suggestions (49.7%) to help them select the right gift with Generation Y the most likely to use it (57.4%)

* 33.3% would use a gift wishlist so they would know what others wanted, but only 21.8% would use a gift wishlist so others would know what they wanted

* Only 20.4% would use fee-based gift wrapping

Tags: Christmas gifts, gift wishlist, gifts survey, online shopping, personalised gifts, research

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