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André Jacobi's avatar

Merry Christmas to you too, Joachim.

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Pip McIntyre's avatar

The Deadweight Loss of Christmas by Joel Waldfogel in The American Economic Review Dec 1993

- an ideal Xmas present for any 8 year old

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Joachim Klement's avatar

I wrote about that in a Christmas edition some years back. Only an economist or a sadist would give this to an 8-year old. And yes, the Venn diagram has significant overlap.

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Martin Schwoerer's avatar

that's a lovely, poetic way to look at Christmas. We all need to remember and hug our inner 8 year old, as well as everybody else's. Frohe Weihnachten!

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Ian Wiggett's avatar

Some years ago I overheard my two young kids discussing this. 'Santa must be real' said the elder one. 'You don't think our parents bought us all these parents, do you?'

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UK Lawman's avatar

I appreciated your acknowledgement that Christmas is a Christian festival: many in the UK may not know that. We celebrate the first coming and look towards the second - but without the apocalyptic nonsense.

Meanwhile believers in Santa will continue to pore over charts looking for the next coming of a high: we would all like that, unless we are ongoing buyers.

Thank you for your articles Mr K.

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