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I ' here simply is no \ J. . * denying that there
are some fundamental differences between men and women in many respects, and tiie sexes' approach toward shopping, Christmas or otherwise, is a perfect example.
There are entire research papers written on the subject of men's and women's holiday shopping habits. Google it, if you don't believe me. Females, compared to males, according to one such study, were found to start Christmas shopping much earlier, purchase more gifts and embark on a greater number of shopping trips.
Yes, yes, men hunt and women gather. We all know that old chestnut, and there's no doubt that at least some vestiges of those prehistoric tendencies indeed remain with us.
But the crucial difference between the genders' shopping habits, as I see it, is not just in terms of frequency or number of purchases, but of extravagance and scale.
On any given day, for instance, you are more apt to see many more women than men browsing (i.e. foraging) in the clothing aisles of Peebles, contemplating, with fairly dazed and rapturous expressions on their
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