It's that time of year!  Time to bust out those credit cards and dig yourself into debt so that you can spread the holiday cheer across your community!  The average American will budget about $1,000 on the holidays, but 3 Michigan cities go above and beyond!

Wallethub.com put together a list of 570 American cities ranked by the average person's budget for the holidays.  Livonia, Rochester Hills, and Troy are in the top 25 cities for people who budget the most for the holidays.  A total of 16 Michigan cities were ranked on the list, let's see who the big spenders are:

  1. Troy - $1,965 (#14)
  2. Rochester Hills - $1,919 (#16)
  3. Livonia - $1,699 (#25)
  4. Farmington Hills - $1,388 (#47)
  5. Ann Arbor - $1,221 (#64)
  6. Sterling Heights - $1,110 (#87)
  7. Southfield - $1,013 (#107)
  8. Wyoming - $988 (#114)
  9. Warren - $819 (#177)
  10. Westland - $817 (#179)
  11. Grand Rapids - $575 (#366)
  12. Dearborn - $534 (#418)
  13. Detroit - $502 (#448)
  14. Kalamazoo - $483 (#468)
  15. Lansing - $445 (#507)
  16. Flint - $199 (#562)

The top 5 highest holiday spenders are:

  1. Flower Mound, TX - $2,761
  2. Sunnyvale, CA - $2,575
  3. Naperville, IL - $2,528
  4. Mountain View, CA - $2,524
  5. The Woodlands, TX - $2,444

And the 5 lowest holiday spenders are:

  1. Glendale, CA - $131
  2. Springfield, MA - $125
  3. New Haven, CT - $115
  4. Miami, FL - $81
  5. Cleveland, OH - $64

Listener Kathy is upping the average for West Michigan with these awesome Christmas sweaters she bought for Connie, Fish, and Steve!

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