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Perhaps car thieves get into the holiday spirit as early as mass retailers, as Thanksgiving saw the second-fewest number of stolen cars behind Christmas Day during 2019, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau's (NICB) Holiday Theft Report.

New Year's Day 2019 saw the most cars stolen out of all the holidays, NICB reported. This past year, more than 22,700 cars were stolen on a holiday. On average, 2,175 vehicles are stolen daily in the U.S.

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Steve Hallo

Steve Hallo is managing editor of PropertyCasualty360.com. He can be reached at [email protected]