The new jobs numbers indicate a rebounding economy, albeit slowly, with unemployment the lowest it’s been since 2009. But if the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book is any indication of the economy, a lucky few are doing just fine. The annual bible of Extreme Consumption boasts superfluous-but-sensational fantasy gifts such as a $100,000 hen farm, $70,000 live owl portrait, and a $250,000 private dinner for 10. Stumped as to what to get for the plutocrat in your life who already has everything? A very merry (1 percent) Christmas is only a few weeks (and a few hundred thousand dollars) away.
