The annual holiday spending cycle fuels business in America as families gather and business shuts down. Instead of dreading it, leverage it!
We collect tips from how to choose a boycott, to how to navigate family gatherings with authenticity. Along the way leverage your gift-buying to support small and local businesses and charities. You might even find ideas to loop your MAGA relatives into resistance!
Plan ahead to buy meaningful gifts that support the world we’re building. Visit craft or ethnic fairs for locally made items, or plan a gift of food treats for the person who already has everything. If it’s the thought that counts, put thought into gifting! Click through for inspiration.
Service members are in a tight spot: it’s illegal to refuse legal orders, or to follow illegal ones. The distinction can tie courts up for weeks. They need to know we have their back. Send a text or take a veteran friend to lunch. If you have estranged military family, send a holiday card or make a seasonal donation to a veteran’s organization in their name.
Military Connections Find Out How »
Many families purge excess belongings between Christmas and New Years, to make room for the new. Every year thrift stores get a surge in donations after the holidays. Make that annual purge a pre-holiday tradition to fill thrift stores with clean, lightly-used items. This is particularly helpful for children’s items, from coats to clean toys.
Thrift Store Santa Find Out How »
Small businesses rely on the holiday season even more than big box stores. We can’t break corporate power without alternatives, so most economic pressure campaigns exempt small businesses. Whether you’re shopping today or not, boost small businesses for people who are. They need our business.
Small Business Saturday Find Out How »
Thanksgiving is a great opportunity to discuss shifting away from flashy events and gifts, toward meaningful holiday memories. Open a conversation with family today. From open resistance to subtle shifts to gift giving, customize your pitch to your family. They don’t have to know they’re part of the resistance!
Holiday Planning Find Out How »
Debate rages over how to handle conservative relatives at events like Thanksgiving meals. We offer some tips for being an ally everywhere—even at the Thanksgiving table!
Even when we can’t change MAGA minds, we can shift public discourse and help vulnerable people feels safer.
