Since I forgot to post about Buy Nothing Day I thought I’d post about Buy Nothing Christmas.

“From the Christmas Resistance’s site:
You know holiday shopping is offensive and wasteful. You know Christmas “wish lists” and “gift exchanges” degrade the concept of giving. You know Christmas marketing is a scam, benefiting manufacturers, stores, and huge corporations, while driving individuals into debt. You know this annual consumer frenzy wreaks havoc on the environment, filling landfills with useless packaging and discarded gifts.

Yet, every year, you cave in and go shopping.

The relentless onslaught of advertising exerts constant pressure. So do the unified bleatings of herds of shoppers, who call you “Scrooge” if you fail to enthusiastically join their ritual orgy of consumption. Friends and family needle you with gift requests, store windows beckon with shiny colorful packages, the same “classic” holiday jingles are piped constantly through every speaker in town.

How can you resist?

Join the Christmas Resistance Movement!”

Now for full disclosure I do buy some friends Solstice presents. But I keep it to a bare minimum. This year I’m buying presents for two friends and making a present for a third. That’s it. Mr. Radical and I haven’t decided whether to get each other presents. Last year we were moving so skipped the gift giving. We’re thinking of skipping it again this year.

Posted by Vixen in Musings