1 In 2015, there were 31 colleges of osteopathic medicine in 45 locations. One in four medical students in the United States is enrolled in an osteopathic medical school.  As of 2015, there are more than 96,000 osteopathic medical physicians in the United States.
The average family budget for Christmas in 2012 is $749.51. That's up over from the $740.57 than an average family spent last year.
And Christmas in particular has become virtually synonymous with materialism. This year, the National Retail Federation is projecting that Americans will spend more than 600 billion dollars just on Christmas.