最新公佈的一份研究報告顯示，英國人在購買聖誕禮物時要比歐洲其它地方的人顯得出手更爲大方，他們平均每人計劃在這方面花600英鎊。
據英國《每日郵報》12月10日報道，發起這項研究的是法國AXA保險公司，具體承辦者是TNS市場調查公司和GfK-NOP研究集團。其中，TNS公司在11月時對英國本土的1022人進行調查，而GfK-NOP研究集團的'調查對象則是分佈在世界其它地方的9000人。調查結果顯示，與英國相比，歐洲其他國家的居民在購買聖誕禮品時要小氣得多。調查排行榜上名列第2位的是西班牙人，他們平均每人的花費僅爲432英鎊;意大利人更是隻願爲此掏出373英鎊;在聖誕期間表現最爲摳門的是比利時人，他們宣稱自己在聖誕禮物上的開銷僅爲272英鎊左右;而德國人比前者也強不了多少，該國公民在這方面的人均支出爲300英鎊。
儘管看上去英國人在聖誕節期間十分慷慨，但有22%的英國人聲稱，他們會爲自己在聖誕期間的花費而感到有壓力且憂心忡忡，另外，超過25%的人承認自己需要通過向銀行貸款或是透支信用卡的方式籌集到足夠多的錢用於購買禮物。
(國際在線獨家資訊 張詠)
Britons are the most generous people in Europe when it comes to buying Christmas presents, planning to spend an average of ?600 on gifts each, new research has shown.
This dwarfs our European neighbours, with the Spanish, who expected to spend the second highest amount, splashing out an average of just ?432, while the Italians will get through ?373.
People from Belgium are the least generous when it comes to Christmas, claiming they will only spend around ?272 on gifts.
The Germans are not much better at an average of ?300, according to insurance giant AXA. But the Americans spend the most over the festive season, lavishing an average of ?764 on their friends and family.
People in the United States are also most likely to buy presents with 91% of the population saying they plan to do so, followed by 90% of the French, 89% of Australians and 88% of Britons.
But despite their generosity 22% of Britons say they feel stressed and worried about the cost of Christmas, while 25% say they will have to borrow money through a loan or credit card to buy presents.
TNS questioned 1,022 people in the UK during November and GfK-NOP Research Group questioned 9,000 people across the other countries.
