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Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating turkey gluttony with its spending equivalent since they began sponsoring Thanksgiving Day parades in the early 20th century.

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Adam Davidson
American - Journalist

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Andrew Rosenthal

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