A Hilarious Comedian Explains Just How Wrong We Are When It Comes To Christmas

Here’s Chris Rock with a handy bit of perspective for the holiday season.

According to the National Retail Foundation, U.S. shoppers spent an astonishing $602 billion during the 2013 winter holidays — just the winter holidays.

For a little perspective, total giving to charitable causes in the same year — the entire year — was only $335 billion.



His delivery’s got some snap, so if you have a minute and a half, check out the clip below.

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