Social and Economic

See also:

• Society: Activism: Media: Culture Jamming  (221)
• Society: Issues: Environment: Consumerism  (23)

Buy Nothing Christmas - - National initiative started by Canadian Mennonites to de-commercialize Christmas and re-design a Christian lifestyle that is richer in meaning, smaller in impact upon the earth, and greater in giving to people less-privileged.

Buy Nothing Day - Adbusters - - Loosely organized event encouraging not shopping at all on the day after Thanksgiving, the "first day of the Christmas shopping season..

Christmas Gift Challenge - - An organized approach to holiday spending.

Christmas Resistance Movement - - Tips to help end the compulsory Christmas gift-giving madness.

The Commercialization of Christmas - - A look at the practice of exchanging gifts at Christmas.

Liberal Reasons Not to Celebrate Christmas - - Economic, environmental, social and religious reasons to not celebrate Christmas and a suggestion to celebrate the Winter Solstice instead.

A Very Merry Halloween - - A look at the commercialization of holidays, primarily Christmas.