Celebrate without buying gifts.
Why do you need to spend money to celebrate? Spend your time with people instead.
Personally I like giving other people gifts. It’s part of the fun. Last year I got my brother a drone and he got me a thrifted, pit-stained t-shirt for a band I don’t listen to that much. I don’t care, I just like to give other people cool gifts!
I know a guy who grew up occasionally homeless. He has ended up as a well paid tech manager and his approach is that his family can usually just afford the things they want, so instead of buying stress gifts the last month of each year, his family picks a charitable cause to donate time and money to instead.
They’ve bought goats for third world families; paid for education, transportation and home construction; fed hungry and clothed the naked.
He’s a cool guy.
Count my money while browsing boxing day sales and chuckling because I don’t actually need anything.
Make plans after Christmas day and buy presents on boxing day on discount is what I’d do tbh.
What the hell is boxing day??
the day after christmas. not entirely sure where the name comes from or what it means tbh
give me your money instead
This is why e-giftcards exist
No gifts, just a card. And that still caught her off-guard, because she knows I’m opposed to materialism (for the sake of materialism; I still buy nice things for the things I need).
