Nov 6, 2021

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Now is NOT the time for holiday shopping

Candles and a jack-o-lantern carved with the face of the Grinch. — Photo by Andreas Avgousti on Unsplash

Halloween and Diwali are behind us, and it appears all the stores and advertisers and websites are operating on the same schedule: it’s time for Christmas shopping.

Argh.

Can we just put a pin in all this consumption mania, just for once? Please?????

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Now is NOT the time for holiday shopping

Can we just put a pin in all this consumption mania, just for once? Please?????

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