Media Reports

GodTalk radio December 18, 2007
The two hosts roast Aiden Enns and Buy Nothing Christmas: his heart's two sizes too small. They're joking, of course, and they do care about discovering new meaning this Christmas. CJOB Radio Winnipeg, podcast.

Toronto radio, 680 News December 07, 2007
Campaign revives the true meaning of Christmas. Every year shoppers head to packed malls in droves, scrambling to buy a mountain of gifts for everyone on their list and often maxing out their credit cards in the process.

Kansas City Star Where’s Santa when I need him? December 5, 2007
My dad has announced he’s canceling Christmas. The stocking snuffer revoked my favorite day without consulting my mom or sister or me. He argues he’s “simplifying” it. I know the truth. And the truth is, I should have seen this coming.

New York Times A Fresh Advertising Pitch: Buy Nothing November 22, 2007
A Buy Nothing Day report: As millions of Americans brace for the jammed parking lots and mobbed closeout racks that come with the holiday shopping season, a small but determined network of antishopping activists is girded for action as well.

Winnipeg Free Press, Carolers decry holiday shopping mania, December 17, 2006
Carolers singing traditional holiday carols with a satirical twist to the lyrics urged Winnipeggers to stop shopping and find the true meaning of Christmas at a few local stores on Saturday.

Winnipeg Sun, Shoppers urged to shop less, December 17, 2006
Shoppers in the Polo Park area were greeted with some unusual Christmas carols yesterday. Members of the Buy Nothing Christmas campaign sang traditional carols with new anti-consumerism lyrics.

Winnipeg Free Press, Stressed? Hop on the Burnout Bus, December 16, 2006
SICK of shopping? Feeling mauled at the mall? Consumed by consumerism? Then you might want to board the "Burnout Bus."

Grand Haven Tribune, The best Christmas gift: not shopping, December 14, 2006
My wife and I recently watched the DVD "Christmas With the Cranks," a comedy based on the John Grisham novel "Skipping Christmas." It was hilarious and thought provoking — as good comedy should be.

Winnipeg Free Press, A new way of giving at Christmas, November 26, 2006
Food to feed a family of five, two hens and a rooster, and a fruit tree in Zambia. It's not exactly The Twelve Days of Christmas, but some Manitobans are singing a different.

Port Huron Times Herald, Retailers see green; buyers see bargains, November 25, 2006
They call it Black Friday, but clear skies and bargains made the day after Thanksgiving sunny for area shoppers. Tiny word of dissent mentioned at bottom of story.

Vancouver Courier Mooove over Santa, Wednesday, December 22, 2004
When Nicholas Klassen returned to Canada several years ago after living in Africa, he was stunned by the riches stacked on the cupboards and in the aisles at a local grocery store.... "When I travelled to Africa I really understood the gap between the rich and poor," he says. "I decided I have enough stuff. I mean if I need a jacket I'll buy it, but how many jackets do I need?"

CBC.ca 'Buy Nothing' campaign aims for different style of giving. Tuesday, December 21, 2004
The courage it took Mary to give birth to Jesus is similar to the plight of sweatshop workers making cheap goods for Western markets, according to an annual campaign designed to reduce Christmas consumerism.

Rabble.ca Think Outside The Big Box, Thursday, December 16, 2004
There's nothing Scrooge about it; we were the happiest people in the mall.

Southern Oregon News Buy Nothing Christmas, Back to Basics, December 13, 2004
Tis the season - to shop til you drop! Except for one Medford couple. "Christmas has gotten so far out of hand," explained Payton Windslow, 29.

National Post Buy Nothing group carols in malls - and gets ejected, December 11, 2004
This is a unique style of Christmas caroling that shoppers seem to enjoy -- but most merchants do not.

Kitchener-Waterloo Record Enough buying, teens say, Friday November 26, 2004
Spirit of Christmas weighed down by 'mindless over-consumption'

Durham Herald Sun Buy nothing for Christmas and give a gift to Mother Earth, November 20, 2004
Includes recycling tips

GodTalk radio - Buy Nothing Christmas and A Christmas Karl musical (October 24, 2004 #251)
Interview with Aiden Enns: part 1 (2.0 MB mp3), part 2 (1.5 MB mp3), part 3 (1.2 MB mp3)

Faith Today Uncluttering Christmas, November/December 2004
Includes recent stats on shopping; sidebar on alternative gifts

Winnipeg Free Press Activist sings praises of buy-nothing crusade, October 28, 2004
If you want to reach lots of people in Winnipeg, you either have to give away gas or put on a musical.

The Vancouver Sun A 'Buy Nothing Christmas' December 20, 2003
A mini-movement in North America urges spiritual people to return to their roots instead of celebrating commercialism

University of Manitoba Christmas Too Commercial? December 19, 2003

The Humanist Buy Nothing, Improve Everything

The Capital Times Shopping ethically: Bucking the holiday commercialization trend, December 9, 2003
Sidebar: 10 ways to spend little or nothing at all

The Globe and Mail I'm Dreaming of a Giftless Christmas, December 6, 2003
Sick of stuff? Try dropping the presents and giving money to a needy cause instead, writes Carol Toller. And cross your fingers that family members will still speak to you.

The Guardian In the Cheap Midwinter, December 1, 2003
More of a Scrooge than a Santa? Determined to hold on to your money this year no matter what? Kathleen Hennessy - and a team of unscrupulous penny pinchers - offer their tips for negotiating the festive round of parties and presents without putting your hand in your pocket

Western Catholic Reporter Buy Nothing (for) Christmas: Give of yourself instead of giving to corporate coffers
The annual shopping frenzy has begun. But before we deck the halls with boughs of commercial Christmas clutter, Buy Nothing Christmas has another idea.