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Christmas shopping and gift giving will cheer you up – that's what the experts say

  • Written by Gavin Brown, Associate Professor in Financial Technology, University of Liverpool
Christmas shopping and gift giving will cheer you up – that's what the experts sayGet a smile on that mask covered face through retail therapyM_Agency / shutterstock

The coronavirus Christmas of 2020 could turn into a bumper year for giving gifts. Our relationship with spending and the festive cheer of giving will be different in 2020 – even the Scrooges among us may feel more inclined to spend.

Two theories of behaviour...