80 percent of Christmas items are made in China
(www.globaltimes.cn)
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No Christmas shit for us this year, we donated to charity in lieu of gifts.
that's awesome!
We're all older, no kids... so it might be the beginning of a tradition. But it did seem to help our spirits more this year. Thanks.
Quite an assumption. There actually ARE worthy charities with low admin budgets.
Like I said, it was a family decision.
Yup you have to just be very careful,you did a good thing merry Christmas
I was remarking to my sister today that charity is all well in good, but I like to see it's effects in action. That's why I don't like anonymous big charities. But I don't where to look to be more charitable on a one-on-one basis that legit.
You can check various local groups to find families that need help. Then you can help directly. We did that one year. We bought clothes and toys for a family's kids, and bought them a load of groceries too. It was a single mother, a trailer full of kids, and nothing in the refrigerator but some margarine and a bottle of water. It was sad.
You can also have fun with the people bumming money outside of stores. I saw one guy begging for money outside of a grocery store. I asked him what he wanted money for. He said he wanted to buy food. I knew he probably wanted some wine, so I asked him what he needed in particular. He was caught off guard and named a food item. I dragged his butt into the store, bought the item, and handed it to him. He was totally confused. It was the best $2 I ever spent. :)
Charities are not necessarily "anonymous". Community/local, religious based for those Christians (being protestant I have a disaster relief fund that uses less than 10% in admin costs)... Veritas, Judicial Watch, etc. They need to be 100% transparent before they get our money.