Chapter 6: Holiday Dilemmas
[1]. National Retail Federation 2011 Holiday Survival Kit, www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=Pages&sp_id=1487.
[2]. http://blog.checkadvantage.com/2011/02/11/debt-rises-in-december/.
[3]. Bill McKibben, Hundred Dollar Holiday (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1998), 43.
Chapter 7: The Gentle Art of Gift-Giving
[4]. Giving statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of the Interior dated October 17, 2011, www.nps.gov/partnerships/fundraising_individuals_statistics.htm.
[5]. Julie Steenhuysen, “Brain Gets Thrill from Charity: Study,” Reuters, June 14, 2007, www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/14/us-brain-altruism-idUSN1418520820070614.
Chapter 8: Finding the Bargains
[6]. “Signs Indicate Weak 2010 Winter Holiday Sales,” www.towergroup.com/research/news/news.htm?newsid=5500 and “Don’t Be ‘Breakage’—8 Tips to Avoid Losing Gift Card Value,” www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/8-tips-losing-gift-card-funds-breakage-spillage-1271.php.
[7]. National Retail Federation, “Return Fraud to Cost Retailers $3.7 Billion This Holiday Season,” www.nrf.com/modules.php?name=News&op=viewlive&sp_id=1024.
[8]. www.smartbargains.com/Promo/Help/Help-Return-Policy.aspx?t=Home...rtrn-link.#Damaged.
Chapter 13: Traditions Are the Glue That Holds Us Together
[9]. Jo Robinson and Jean C. Staeheli, Unplug the Christmas Machine: A Complete Guide to Putting Love and Joy Back into the Season (New York: William Morrow Paperbacks, 1991), 51.