Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterRecession adds extra stress to holidays, poll finds
Published 12/8/2008 by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney at CNN Political Ticker
A new polls shows the recession is making the holiday season more stressful.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – Americans say the sagging economy is making the 2008 holiday season more stressful than previous years, according to a CNN poll out Monday, with up to two-thirds of them reporting some belt-tightening.
Four in 10 people questioned in the CNN/Opinion Research [...]
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