cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/72158896
This Christmas, instead of buying each other more stuff, why don’t we agree to put that money toward people who actually need it? Donate to a food bank, a shelter, a local charity, or help someone in your community who’s having a rough time.
We keep the dinner, the time together, all the good parts. Just skip the obligation to buy something because someone is buying something for you. And if you’re struggling yourself, there’s no obligation to give money either. A tradition that benefits the poor instead of making the rich richer.
Anyone else up for this? How would you bring it up with your family? I tried and got a lot resistance. Seems like a no brainier to me.
Edit: we are all adults
My wife and I are already not very accepted by our homophobic conservative family, so we didn’t really ask. We started giving donations in family members’ names to things we felt they would care about, and then the Christmas Day gifts are cards with the story of what that donation did for someone. It seemed to go over well enough but of course all families are different.