Forum Post: Occupy Christmas! Tell St. Nick to buy American!
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 21, 2011, 7:47 p.m. EST by aaronwayneodonahue
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http://churchofatheism.webs.com/ There are a lot of seasonal labor jobs in my city of Eau Claire, WI. Many of these jobs depend on the 4th quarter for work as much as giant corporations depend on it for profit. However, for all the commies and the greenies and the true-meaning-of-the-holidays-ies you might want to consider ways in which you can construct or re-invent cultural practices in your own life from the various political, economic, and social justice views that you have. So, what cool things do you plan to do with this opportunity? Buy local? Buy nothing? Adopt an illegal alien named Roger? Donate? Occupy random things around the neighborhood? Protest Black Friday at the stores? Anyone have any really fun or creative ideas? Personally, I'm going to be "re-nailing" an effigy of Jesus to a cross again on the court house lawn. (Kidding!) If you're a religious Christian, I've heard of cute practices where people will make Jesus a Birthday cake and for some (liars) that's all they will do. Sort of sweet, I suppose. Ideas, Ideas, Festivus is always fashionable, too. Kwanzaa has already given the holiday season a lot of serious thought, and it can be adapted to a broader audience. Channukah is nice, I suppose, but some worry about getting trapped into 8 days of gift giving. Epiphany, Boxing Day, Yule, Saturnalia, etc.-- occupy it all and consider ways in which you could improve upon the traditions. Take from each what you want and discard the rest. http://churchofatheism.webs.com/
Here are some suggestions:
1.) Buy local 2.) Be frugal 3.) Make gifts 4.) Donate money to a charity 5.) Buy Green 6.) Volunteer with friends and family 7.) Put up a Tree of Knowledge 8.) Don't buy anything 9.) Buy from small businesses 10.) Buy American
Whether you are trying to preserve the "true" meaning of Christmas or trying to make the season meaningful to you, don't let credit card debt ruin it. http://churchofatheism.webs.com/
Then occupy this:
http://occupywallst.org/forum/make-a-stand-join-the-clan/
Based on my hit counts, the Christmas shopping guidelines I set up at http://bit.ly/vof9WH are starting to be seen by a wide audience. These guidelines are consistent with those you mention. Maybe if ALL of us keep pushing this, we can have a real impact !
I'saw your post. I have linked to you on my websites 'oc discussion forums' for the OWS discussion. http://churchofatheism.webs.com/ocdiscussionforums.htm
i buy whatever is cheapest....you should only pay for what you can afford regardless of where it is made. Besides, me buying cheap products from China only helps china get out of poverty...which they have been doing since american companies have built factories over there.
you forgot make something.
3 is "Make gifts" I didn't forget it.
http://www.reddit.com/r/occupywallstreet/comments/mku14/occupy_christmas_tell_st_nick_to_buy_american/ is where you can find it on Reddit. http://churchofatheism.webs.com is where you can find it on the original site.
GASP ! I went to your site and was astonished at what I saw ! Why would you want to mix the word "Atheist" with ANYTHING having to do with simple economics and unemployment ? You are diminishing your audience significantly.
Because that's my church website. It's been around since 2009. Consider me active clergy. In any case, several of the links are Christian links, I encourage Christians to celebrate what they believe is the true meaning of Christianity, I have an image of Jesus on the page, and I have a bible quote on the page that links to an online Bible. Look, I've gone through great efforts to be inclusive to Christians before and with this occupation stuff, and if you or someone else is offended at this point with the mere word of 'atheism' well....that's nuts to me. I mean, would you say the same thing if it was Temple Shalom or something?
I don't have a problem with it, but the general public we're trying to convince will. I wasn't criticizing your beliefs, only the effectiveness of the sales pitch.
Fair enough