Cancel Christmas

Dear fellow activists, Palestinians and sympathizers,

In the last two months, we all have been witnessing a genocide in Gaza, as has the rest of the world. With tens of thousands of people martyred and wounded (70% of which are women and children) and with all of Gaza being on the brink of starvation: we don’t think this is a time for celebrating. This is why we say: let’s #CancelChristmas. Let’s make it a consumerless holiday, in mourning for so many people’s deaths and in solidarity with the suffering of Gazans. We call for this action to call for a permanent ceasefire for Gaza.

Christmas is coming soon–this is why we need to move fast. In Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus Christ, Christian Palestinians have decided to forego Christmas celebrations in solidarity with Gazans. We would like to follow this example, and we invite everybody to join us in this. #NoTime2Celebrate. This doesn’t mean to cancel the holiday totally but to cut back on our Christmas spending in protest to the horrible violence visited on Gaza. It’s no time to celebrate.

So here is our plea: Please join us, starting today until January the 7th (Eastern Christmas Day). The idea is to have no celebrations, no big fancy dinners and no gifts. The Christian Patriarchs in Jerusalem have similarly called for a scaled back Christmas season, in respect for so many lives lost in Gaza and the deteriorated situation in the West Bank. Let’s have just a simple Christmas, without the conspicuous consumption. We can, as the Christian Palestinians in Jerusalem and Bethlehem have demonstrated, have a modest Christmas and like Jesus, show our solidarity with the poor and the needy, and show our grief for so many lives lost, and people injured. Let’s focus our celebration on humanity, our families, our meetings, our places of worship.

Note, for example, that Starbucks has lost billions of dollars, because activists have begun to boycott them in large numbers since the bombing began on October 8th. Also, on Monday, the 11th of December, we saw that people around the world answered a call for a global strike for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza. So many people didn’t go to work and didn’t spend any money. In Amman, as well as in the Palestinian cities, streets looked completely abandoned. Can you imagine the impact we can have if millions of people decided to say today: #NoChristmas4Palestine_NoChristmas4Us? Stop the Christmas spending and send the important message that we want a permanent ceasefire now.

Will you help us? We would like you to spread our message to all of your friends, co-workers, neighbors and family, so they can likewise scale back on what they spend for Christmas. You can use the link of this website, you can copy this text, you can use the meme, you can find on our Facebook (link) with a caption. You can also make your own memes and captions. Please also post your own ideas on FB about making a simpler Christmas. Use also #GiveYourChristmas4Palestine

You can use the texts below to send to all your contacts on Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, X, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok and the like.

This is an initiative of international activists who are tired of standing by helplessly. TOGETHER we can make an economic impact! NOW is the time, because if not now, then WHEN? It’s time for a permanent ceasefire NOW. So please join us, because what we really need is a Free Palestine, equality and justice.

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P.s. If you like, you can donate some of the money you would be saving for aid to Gaza.

You can use all the hashtags, preferably together:

#CancelChristmas

#NoTime2Celebrate

#NoChristmas4Palestine_NoChristmas4Us

#GiveYourChristmas2Palestine

Text for messenger, WhatsApp, telegram and other messenger apps.

Dear friend,

We, international supporters of the Palestinian cause, would like your help. It’s just a small request: Let’s #CancelChristmas together! Let’s take the spending out of Christmas and celebrate it more simply. What if all the people we saw in solidarity and with grief and anger on the streets, all over the world, would send our message to all of their friends and all of them would decide to follow the example of the Christian Palestinians in Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus. Jesus, who would sit with the poor and the needy. Imagine the impact of cutting all the holiday dollars, of scaling back our Christmas spending and holding low key celebrations with those we love.!

This is #NoTime2Celebrate! What we want is a consumerless Christmas–so, no gifts, big celebrations and big fancy diners. All you have to do is to abstain from that AND to send this message to all your friends, in any social media app, so they can join us. Imagine the economic impact we can have! We can do this together, for a free Palestine, equality and justice!

Use this meme and caption on your favorite social media, Facebook, WhatsApp, X. Click on the link for more info, and add this to your posts and messages, or write your own. Link: …..

#NoChristmas4Palestine_No Christmas4Us We are tired of standing by helplessly. Let’s make an impact TOGETHER! NOW is the time, because if not now, then WHEN?

What’s our message? It’s time for a permanent ceasefire now.

!! Don’t share too fast with many people at once because that will get you blocked, so take some breaks!

P.S. If you like, you can donate some of the money you will be saving for aid to Gaza.)

Text for your posts on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

Hey guys,

Let’s do something amazing this Christmas! Let’s #CancelChristmas! Have you seen all the people on the streets, all over the world, asking to #StopThe Genocide? What if all of these people and all of their friends and the-friends-of-those friends decided: #NoChristmas4Palestine_NoChristmas4Us? We don’t want to cancel the holiday itself; we can have a modest Christmas, following the examples of Christian Palestinians in Bethlehem, Palestine, the birthplace of Jesus. Jesus would sit in solidarity with the poor and the needy, with those in the miserable conditions in Gaza, as many approach starvation. But also those in the West Bank who are subjected to a Siege and increased violence.

How? We want a consumerless Christmas. So, no gifts, big celebrations and no big fancy dinners. All you have to do is to abstain from big celebrations and big Christmas spending. Then send this message to all your friends, in any social media app, so they can pass on the message. Imagine the impact we can have! Use this meme and caption on your favorite social media, Facebook, WhatsApp, X and so on. Click on the link for more info and add this link to your posts and messages. You can also of course write your own captions or make videos for example for TikTok. The time is NOW, because if not now, than WHEN? Link: …..

What’s our message? It’s time for a permanent ceasefire now!!! And of course a Free Palestine, equality and justice.

Don’t share to fast to many people at once, because that will get you blocked, so take some breaks!