Happy Friday everyone! We all know what we celebrate today, but did you know that today is also Buy Nothing Day?
Here is the history quoted from Nationalday.com
BUY NOTHING DAY HISTORY
Buy Nothing Day originated in Canada in September of 1992 as a way to protest the frenzy of Black Friday shopping. In 1997, the day’s founder, artist Ted Dave, moved the day to the Friday after Thanksgiving to correspond with one of the most popular shopping days in the United States.
Also from the same website a few suggestions on what to do today instead of shopping:
Instead of shopping, stay home, and relax.
Or you can try these ways to show support for the day.
Cut up credit cards.
Do a Whirl-mart – the act of disrupting others shopping by pushing your shopping cart around a store over and over while purchasing nothing.
Organize a Christmas Zombie walk – a visual expression of the obsession consumers have with Black Friday deal.
Balance your checkbook.
Read a book about counter-consumerism like the Empire of Things by Frank Trentmann.
Clean out your closet.
Donate or volunteer at a local food pantry.
Use #BuyNothingDay to post on social media.
And my personal favorite :
Scrapbook today!
Are you buying nothing today?
Creating memories, one page at a time.