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Size of Christmas gatherings

15 Dec 2020

Q. If you are hosting or attending a Christmas gathering this year, will there be:

  Total Gender Age Group
  Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+
More people attending than in previous years 8% 14% 3% 12% 12% 2%
About the same amount of people attending 34% 33% 34% 29% 32% 40%
Less people attending than in previous years 24% 22% 25% 32% 22% 17%
Not sure 12% 12% 13% 13% 14% 11%
Not hosting or attending a Christmas gathering this year 22% 20% 24% 14% 20% 31%
Base (n) 1,071 539 532 339 374 358
  • A quarter of people will be hosting or attending a smaller gathering than usual this Christmas, but more will either be hosting or attending the same size gathering as usual (34%) or more (8%).
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