Buy Nothing Day 1999:
Buy Nothing Day smashing success

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Buy Nothing Day was a smashing success in Boston / Cambridge...

A parade of about 30 costumed and drum- and kazoo-wielding people to start, with people joining us on the way... I think we made something 'click' with quite a few people...

We held street theater in Harvard Square, professing through a megaphone the evils of shopping, both seriously and sarcastically. We went on a browsing binge in Abercrombie and Fitch, sticking "Save 100% Buy Nothing" coupons into various pockets of clothing in the store...

We passed out 1000s of Shoppers Checklists, Christmas Gift Exemption Vouchers, Sprawl*Mart Fliers, and Save 100% coupons. We found the support of many passersby, raised the ire of a few, and definitely spread the word around... To view the very nice Boston Globe and Herald articles and our billboard modification, please go to the following website: members.tripod.com/~AnaKronistik/

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