Add It Up: All we want for Christmas is ...
What we’d buy for ourselves with the average American’s Christmas budget
Cost of dinner and wine pairings for two, before tax and tip, at Quinones at Bacchanalia: $390
Cost of a framed ink-on-paper drawing from ShopScadOnline.com: $500
Cost of two field-level tickets to the Dec. 27 Falcons-Bills game: $359
Cost of a full day of treatment at Midtown’s Blue MedSpa: $495
Cost of a pair of suede Gucci moccasins at Neiman Marcus: $420
Cost of a bottle of Moet et Chandon Dom Perignon Rose at Pearson’s in Buckhead: $499.99
Cost of a vintage Charles Pollock chair by Knoll at Inman Park’s City Issue: $395
Amount the average American planned to spend on Christmas gifts in 2009: $417
Amount the average American planned to spend in 2007: $859
Sources: StarProvisions.com, BlueMedSpa.com, PearsonsWine.net, CityIssue.com, American Research Group Inc.