Buy Nothing Day (BND) is an international day of protest against consumerism do served by social activists and many concerned citizens. Buy Nothing Day is held the Friday after American Thanksgiving in North America and the last Saturday in November internationally, which in 2012 correspond to November 23 in North America and November 24 internationally.
The first Buy Nothing Day was organized in Mexico in September 1992 as a day for society to examine the issue of over- consumption. In 1997, it was moved to the Friday after American Thanksgiving, also called Black Friday, which is one of the ten busiest shopping days in the United States.
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