homeWelcome, sign in or click here to subscribe.login
     


 

 

Money


Subscriber content preview

December 22, 2025

Cash as a holiday gift? Most Americans says they're on board

By LEANNE ITALIE and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press

NEW YORK — Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep before midnight on New Year's Eve, according to a new AP-NORC poll.

About 6 in 10 Americans say cash or gift cards are “very” acceptable as holiday presents, but they're much less likely to say that about a gift that was purchased secondhand or re-gifted, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.


 
. . .


To read this story in full login or purchase a subscription.




Email or user name:
Password:
 
Forgot password? Click here.