Mother Christmas Jobs

Various studies already showed the great bulk of work women shoulder and the great amount of time they spend on that, and Christmas is no exception – as the new survey of 3,000 mothers conducted by HobbyCraft reveals.

Before the mistress of the house settles down to enjoy her holiday she will have spent 42 hours getting everything prepared – short of two whole days given over to shopping, getting Christmas gifts bought and wrapped up and festive dinner cooked. Not forgetting her household chores augmented by decorating the place.

Shopping, of course, devours an incredible amount of time – the average mother, as researchers estimated, spends over 20 hours buying presents with 3 extra hours buying food; she visits around 40 shops during this period.

Having delivered home 39 Christmas gifts on the average, women get busy wrapping them and writing cards, which runs well over 5 hours.

Moms’ Christmas Tasks and Time
Presents – buying takes 20h 13m; wrapping 3h 50m; writing Christmas wishes 1h 54m.
Meals – buying 3h 3m; cooking 3h 32m.
House chores – cleaning up 2h 47m; making decorations 2h 16m; decorating 2h 27m.
Making costumes – 2h 14m.

The tasks may seem not so burdensome, said a spokesperson for HobbyCraft, but it appears that they spell a few days of strenuous work for mums who “tend to get left with the majority of the Christmas jobs.”

Source of the image: Photl.