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!
Before fascism descended, we had real problems. Now we have all those and more! It’s easy to give up hope, but critical that we remember what we’re fighting for. Imagine what you WANT, not just what you’re afraid of. Invite a friend to dream big with you!
Many families purge excess belongings between Christmas and New Years, to make room for new things. Make an annual purge a pre-holiday tradition to fill thrift stores with clean, lightly-used items struggling families need. This is particularly helpful for children’s items, from coats to clean toys.
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Shift holidays from flashy “traditions” to things your family actually loves doing! Cut expensive “must do” events and plan meaningful memories. Add mutual aid days to the calendar. If it already feels too late to make changes this year, lay the groundwork for edits next year by keeping notes after each event.
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Go spend time in the place you live! Visit a museum, stroll through an arboretum, or show locally. Be a tourist in the place you live and bring new eyes to the experience. Chat with shop owners and get to know your own city in a new way.
Food banks can stretch your dollar further by buying what they really need at wholesale. This year, don’t grab a few sale cans to throw in a box — donate that money to the food bank directly. If you’re able, make it recurring.
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Create relationships in your neighborhood. Do it formally through a neighborhood project, or reach out personally. Wave, borrow a cup of sugar and take back cookies, or invite someone to dinner. Start slow and build.
