Merry Consumerism? Buy Nothing Christmas Catalogue

Posted on 19. Dec, 2009 by admin in What's the Buzz?, features

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Buy Nothing Christmas Catalogue
Come Discover What You Already Have.

There’s a new kind of Christmas catalogue available online. In the spirit of Adbuster’s Buy Nothing Day (the annual Black Friday alternative to consumerism), it’s called the Buy Nothing Christmas Catalogue, and it invites users to log on and discover what they already have. Share memories, experiences, the people who make a difference in your life by visiting: http://buynothingchristmas.org/catalogue/index.html.

What sorts of entries will you find in the Buy Nothing Christmas Catalogue?

Exhibit #1 -

Public Art Installation
In art school, my cousin had to create a piece of public art. Because she took public transit to and from school, she grew to resent the number of commercial messages on the subway. So she made her own billboards. Silly me, I offered to help with installation. We dodged surveillance cameras and transit cops. I felt alive. (Name withheld, Vancouver, 2001)

Item no. 04BNC009
Price. . . . . $00.00

http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/catalogue/pages/09.html

Exhibit #2 -

Hug you
This is what you can’t buy -- the hug or kiss of a child. Someone said that meeting a child is like meeting God. This is how i feel doing this. What a beauty to love and to be loved. (arve hamalainen UK, Salisbury)

Item no. 04BNC017
Price. . . . . $00.00

http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/catalogue/pages/17.html

Why “Buy Nothing Christmas”?