Comments on: Buy nothing for Christmas http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/buy-nothing-for-christmas/ Management and Creative Thinking Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:11:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous Demon » Blog Archive » Buy Nothing Christmas http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/buy-nothing-for-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-383627 Anonymous Demon » Blog Archive » Buy Nothing Christmas Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:23:23 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/buy-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-383627 [...] Berkun wrote about Buy Nothing for Christmas. How appropriate. We (as in our society “we”) have become so good at producing, [...] [...] Berkun wrote about Buy Nothing for Christmas. How appropriate. We (as in our society “we”) have become so good at producing, [...]

]]> By: Fed up http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/buy-nothing-for-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-241675 Fed up Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:03:09 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/buy-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-241675 The problem with buying only for the kids is that there will be no one who will appreciate your gift(s). The problem with buying only for the kids is that there will be no one who will appreciate your gift(s).

]]> By: Ben Buchanan http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/buy-nothing-for-christmas/comment-page-1/#comment-240754 Ben Buchanan Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:11:49 +0000 http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2007/buy-nothing-for-christmas/#comment-240754 A few years back my family decided not to buy Stuff(tm) for Christmas any more (for the adults at least - children still get presents); and we've been doing smaller scale Christmases just with immediate family. We still do presents for birthdays. So now instead of going half broke and insane dealing with shopping centres at Christmas, running around desperately trying to find gifts... we save stress, money and we don't add detritus to our lives (since any gift other than The Perfect Gift usually doesn't add significantly to your life). Having saved on presents, we're able to spend more on good food and drinks; which we consume with gusto and greatly enjoy our Christmas. I thoroughly recommend it :) A few years back my family decided not to buy Stuff(tm) for Christmas any more (for the adults at least – children still get presents); and we’ve been doing smaller scale Christmases just with immediate family. We still do presents for birthdays.

So now instead of going half broke and insane dealing with shopping centres at Christmas, running around desperately trying to find gifts… we save stress, money and we don’t add detritus to our lives (since any gift other than The Perfect Gift usually doesn’t add significantly to your life).

Having saved on presents, we’re able to spend more on good food and drinks; which we consume with gusto and greatly enjoy our Christmas.

I thoroughly recommend it :)

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