PJ O’Rourke: Christmas Spending Tax Time
on Wednesday, December 8, 2010P.J. O’Rourke Money Quotation saying the holidays have lasting effects that span the full month of december and span the time until tax day when we recount our spending for the year. P.J. O’Rourke said:
“Christmas begins about the first of December with an office party and ends when you finally realize what you spent, around April fifteenth of the next year” — P.J. O’Rourke
P.J. O’Rourke is commenting on how the spending from Christmas seems to last well beyond the holidays themselves. By saying Christmas begins in early December with office parties, he’s noting that the festive season and spending starts well before Christmas Day. He then says it doesn’t really end until mid-April of the next year.
This is when people typically file their taxes and fully realize just how much they spent over the Christmas/holiday period. So while the celebrations themselves may only last a few weeks, the financial impact according to O’Rourke lasts for months as people account for their spending from late in the previous year.
Birthday: November 14, 1947, Death: February 17, 2022