Holiday Gift Data? It's Just What You Always Wanted! takes

For those who suspect it’s actually better to receive than to give, it’s good to have a man among your holiday-gift benefactors. A couple of polls suggest men are more lavish than women in their gift giving. As summarized on the World Opinion Web site, an American Express survey found

18 percent of men describing themselves

as “indulgent shoppers,” versus 9 percent of women. Similarly, men are more likely than women to say they’ll “splurge” this season (42 percent versus 32 percent).