According to a survey conducted in 2023, women were more often disappointed by holiday gifts than men in the Netherlands. Nearly ** percent of Dutch women had, at some point, received Christmas or Sinterklaas (Saint Nicholas) presents that they did not want, compared to ** percent of men.
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Magazine Media Associatie. (November 7, 2023). Share of consumers who had previously been disappointed by their received Christmas or Sinterklaas gifts in the Netherlands as of 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 12, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427076/disappointing-holiday-gifts-nl-gender/
Magazine Media Associatie. "Share of consumers who had previously been disappointed by their received Christmas or Sinterklaas gifts in the Netherlands as of 2023, by gender." Chart. November 7, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427076/disappointing-holiday-gifts-nl-gender/
Magazine Media Associatie. (2023). Share of consumers who had previously been disappointed by their received Christmas or Sinterklaas gifts in the Netherlands as of 2023, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 12, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427076/disappointing-holiday-gifts-nl-gender/
Magazine Media Associatie. "Share of Consumers Who Had Previously Been Disappointed by Their Received Christmas or Sinterklaas Gifts in The Netherlands as of 2023, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 7 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427076/disappointing-holiday-gifts-nl-gender/
Magazine Media Associatie, Share of consumers who had previously been disappointed by their received Christmas or Sinterklaas gifts in the Netherlands as of 2023, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427076/disappointing-holiday-gifts-nl-gender/ (last visited July 12, 2025)
Share of consumers who had previously been disappointed by their received Christmas or Sinterklaas gifts in the Netherlands as of 2023, by gender [Graph], Magazine Media Associatie, November 7, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1427076/disappointing-holiday-gifts-nl-gender/
