Wow! I never would've guessed this in a million years, so let's all be grateful that Gallup research can finally confirm:
Americans love Christmas Day.
I was listening to NPR last night and heard Gallup's Frank Newport chatting it up with host Sarah Gardner about this groundbreaking study. Gallup asked Americans: "What are the happiest days of the year?" Newport told Gardner.
He went on to explain that not only was Christmas Day the happiest
day of 2011; the holiday has ranked number one since Gallup has been conducting this important research. And the surprises don't stop there: Thanksgiving Day and Easter Sunday ranked second and third, and July 4th and New Year's Day tied for fourth place.
It's no wonder that all of our fave holidays involve either stuffing one's face, gorging on sweets, getting and giving gifts we can't afford, blowing things up, drinking heavily, or some combination thereof.
The kicker was when Gardner said that her happiest day of the year is "the first day of vacation." Newport retorted, "Vacations, clearly based
on our data, are something people really enjoy. That comes under the
category of what we pollsters call a 'duh finding.'"
Seems like this whole study could be placed under that category, no?
Keep up the hard-hitting research Gallup. We need to know, the things we already know.
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