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What's the one word you'd pick to describe the holiday season? Joyous, perhaps. Exciting, hectic, maybe even fattening. How about *expensive*. A study last year by Deloitte University Press reported that Americans planned to spend an average of $1,299 on holiday expenses, from gifts to entertaining to holiday furnishings. Which do you splurge on the most? Tell us!

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