Media is saying it was a good christmas, yet I can't find one retailer that had a strong christmas, least of all the big ones. Sears is way down, Wal-Mart is down, and now I see even Toys R Us, selling toys at christmas, and they're down 15%.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-12-18/bankrupt-toys-r-us-is-said-to-mull-closing-at-least-100-stores
Nope, not buying it. Been lied to so many times by supposedly "respectable people" that I no longer assume the media and corporations tell the truth. Maybe the corporations put out massaged, fake numbers and the media just reports them, dunno, but it sure wasn't a "good christmas."