Avoid Christmas Consumerism

Christmas can be a very expensive time of year, what with buying Christmas cards and expensive presents for all our friends and family. Many people believe that we have lost sight of the real reason for celebrating the Christmas period and that we spend too much time and money on the consumer side of the holiday and don't pay enough attention to the spiritual side.

Back in 2001 an initiative was started in a bid to combat growing consumerism and the commercialisation of Christmas. A group of Canadian Mennonites began this initiative and named it Buy Nothing Christmas. To find out more about this movement, the history, the aims and objectives and what you can do to participate, check out their website.