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Black Friday? TRY BUY NOTHING DAY

Reverend Billy and Stop Shopping Gospel Choir celebrate Buy Nothing Day on the streets of New York City for the 5th year in a row on November 23. Vow to Stop the Shopocalypse and SAVE CHRISTMAS.

For many, the day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday, the day retail sales "go into the black" for the year, but now a growing number of people all over the world know it as Buy Nothing Day. Buy Nothing Day is an opportunity to draw attention to numerous issues including sweatshop labor, credit card debt, dishonest advertising, loss of community, and the climate crisis.

For the fifth year in a row New York's own Stop Shopping Gospel Choir and famed street preacher Reverend Billy will celebrate Buy Nothing Day on the streets of New York City, singing and preaching the good news: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BUY A GIFT TO GIVE A GIFT.

Reverend Billy is focusing all his efforts on the holiday season and Church of Stop Shopping members have made Saving Christmas their top priority. Buy Nothing Day will include a high noon parade along 5th avenue and an early morning visit to a well-known department store where thousands of people await their chance to shop Black Friday sales.

The Stop Shopping Gospel Choir will enthrall the crowds with masterful renditions of old and new songs and Reverend Billy will receive confessions and perform exorcisms on individuals, stores and transnational conglomerates.

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