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Feelings about Christmas

20 Dec 2016

Q. Which of the following best describes how you feel about Christmas?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Men Women Aged 18-34 Aged 35-54 Aged 55+   2015
I enjoy Christmas a lot 34%   32% 43% 23% 34%   30% 37% 42% 31% 29%   36%
I enjoy some things about Christmas 46%   45% 45% 62% 46%   46% 47% 42% 46% 51%   44%
I don’t enjoy Christmas at all 7%   8% 5% 8% 7%   8% 7% 5% 9% 6%   6%
I don’t really care one way or the other about Christmas 11%   14% 8% 6% 11%   14% 8% 7% 12% 12%   12%
Don’t know 2%   1% 1% 1%   2% 2% 4% 2% 2%   1%

34% say they enjoy Christmas a lot and 46% enjoy some things about Christmas. These results are similar to those when this question was asked 12 months ago.

Women were a little more likely to say they enjoy it a lot (37%) as were younger respondents (42% of aged 18-34).

24% of those on incomes under $1,000 pw say they enjoy it a lot compared to 39% of those earning over $2,000 pw.

40% of those with children say they enjoy it a lot compared to 29% of those without children.

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