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Running the numbers
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$1,182 -- Amount the average Canadian is expected to spend on holiday gifts, decorations, entertaining and travel in 2012
6% -- How much that figure is down from last year's anticipated amount
$629 -- Amount shoppers are likely to shell out on gifts
-- The Canadian Press
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition November 17, 2012 ??65534
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