Tis the season for tipping more from Marketplace. I'm Sabree Beneshore, in for David Brancaccio.

Tension over tipping might be easing a bit thanks to holiday cheer. A survey from Bankrate

finds that this holiday season, more people are planning to tip workers that help them out all year round. More than

50% say they plan to tip or give gifts to housekeepers and child care providers. And many also

plan to tip gardeners, mail carriers, trash collectors. Marketplaces, Samantha Fields has more.

Tipping has become more fraught these days for many of us. Almost every time you go to buy something

in a store now,

it feels like there's a prompt to tip. I was asked to tip at a self-checkout at Newark Airport,

and I was asked to tip at a pick-your-own strawberry farm. Ted Rossman at Bankrate says that's caused

something of a backlash against tipping. Around the holidays, though, people are feeling better. I mean,

some of it is that holiday spirit, right? People are feeling more generous. And some has to

do with personal relationships and the connection people feel to those providing a regular service.

Drew D. Silver at the Pew Research Center says for most people,

quality of service is like the major factor in deciding whether to tip.

And that might be something you're also thinking about over the holidays

is because you're thinking about the people who provide you services over the year.

Most of the year, Ted Rossman at Bankrate, says fewer people are tipping for all kinds of services.

At restaurants and hair salons and for taxis and ride shares.

But holiday tips for nannies, housekeepers, and supers are holding steady.

I'm Samantha Fields for Marketplace.

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The whole point of that is to fight inflation but also keep the economy in a good place. And tomorrow we learn how inflation is actually doing,

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