What People Really Want for Christmas

December 21, 2012

With Christmas just a few days away we are sure that you have been compiling your Christmas wish lists to share with your friends and family. But in this day and age, the best way to get to the bottom of what people really want for Christmas is through social media, and we have been listening…

The results are fascinating. Some wishes of course, are quite predictable (who wouldn’t want a new iPhone for Christmas?), but other wishes are surprising and simply quite funny. Who would have thought so many people would want Channing Tatum for Christmas? Why would anyone want socks for Christmas? And did you know that Kindle still has a long way to go to beat a good old paper book as a Christmas present?

Take a look at the findings from our research of over 700,000 social media conversations in our latest infographic:

Let’s hope you have all been good this year and get what you really want for Christmas!

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