Friend -
This holiday season, your friendly neighborhood progressive mom is… opting out. Not out of the joy, or the lights, or the baking, but out of the consumption. The clutter. The pressure. The hamster wheel of “earn money → spend money → repeat until bankrupt or exhausted.”
Because let’s be honest: families everywhere are drowning in stuff. Toys, gadgets, random décor, gifts we forgot we bought. And every year, the holidays arrive with the subtle message: “Buy more. Accumulate more. You definitely need another holiday throw pillow.”
Meanwhile, prices keep rising, wages aren’t keeping up, and unless your name rhymes with Melon Husk or Chef Pezos, this economy is squeezing you. Hard.
So it’s no shock that more and more families — influencers, progressive economists, vloggers, and tired parents alike — are choosing experiences over things, or even choosing no gifts at all. And guess what?
It’s justified.
It’s responsible.
And it’s okay.
