Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Thanksgiving Spending

Between buying the turkey and stuffing, travel costs, and finding just the right bottle of wine, Thanksgiving is getting to be an expensive holiday. A new survey from LendEDU finds that the average American will spend a total of $165.14 this year on Thanksgiving expenses.

Travel makes up a sizable part of that, but it’s not the majority. The site, which surveyed 1,000 people about their expected costs, says travel expenses make up $67.59 of that amount, with the rest going for food, wine, and other expenses.

The real winners at this time of the year are the nation’s turkey farmers. LendEDU calculates there are 254 million turkeys raised in the U.S. each year, with a total value of $4.85 billion - and 36 million of those turkeys are eaten at Thanksgiving.

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