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jimmy 5

Yes! I would actually encourage us to go a step further, and celebrate a Buy-Nothing Christmas! I did last year (unaware of AdBusters' campaign), and I have to say it was one of the most rewarding Christmases I've ever celebrated. Instead of buying gifts for family, I donated to charities in their name - and asked them to do the same for me. Not only was that better for humankind, but it also made my Christmas a lot less stressful - no more worrying about what presents to get, no waiting in long lines, and no worrying about how to fit all the stuff I get into my suitcase for the flight home.

We should celebrate Christ's birthday not by participating in an orgy of consumerism, but by giving gifts to the people Christ cares about - the poor, the oppressed, the downtrodden, the abandoned.

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