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Black Friday | Nothing to See Here

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Black Friday

Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, Halloween, Valentines Day are – these days – all thinly-veiled temples to consumerism.

However the worst of all of them doesn’t even try to hide its intentions behind a pretext. Black Friday, where spending eclipses the annual GDPs of 50% of the world’s countries and leaves one in four Americans in debt, is upon us once more, and – as is usual – we will not be partaking.

If you fancy joining us in abstaining from the annual greedpocalypse there are some wonderful alternatives available;

Creations for Charity

Buy a one-of-a-kind Lego creation, with all of the proceeds used to buy LEGO sets for underprivileged children who might get nothing else this Christmas.

Red Cross, Tearfund, Christian Aid

Fantastic charities working every day to alleviate poverty, suffering, and injustice around the world. Visit their appeals, and change a life.

Last (and very much least), the ad revenue generated by your visit here at The Lego Car Blog is given to those who need it more than we do. If you like the look of a product or service in an ad you see here, please do give it a click, and if you like what we do here at TLCB, then please consider sharing us. The more eyeballs the ads get, the more money you raise for us to give.

Thank you

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Black Friday

The annual day of ‘discounts’ (in actuality only mass marketing) is once again here to inflict greed, violence and wasteful consumerism on the soulless masses.

As is customary, here at The Lego Car Blog we will not be taking part in the day of materialist misery (which now stretches to a week or more) that leaves one in four Americans in debt, whilst surpassing the annual GDP of around half the world’s countries (and that’s just the spend within the U.S and our home nation).

Therefore you won’t find a round-up of the best Black Friday brick-based ‘discounts’ here, but we do have some alternatives that will help you to preserve your soul, and perhaps add something back to counter a day that is built around taking.

Creations for Charity – Buy an amazing one-of-a-kind Lego creation, with all proceeds used to buy LEGO sets for children in need. If you’ve ever commented “Is this for Sale?” on a post here at The Lego Car Blog, maybe it is!

Unicef Market – The United Nations Childrens Fund, providing developmental and humanitarian aid to children worldwide. Buying your Christmas gifts here will help to save and transform some of the youngest lives in the world’s poorest nations.

Red Cross, Tearfund, Christian Aid – Fantastic charities working every day to alleviate poverty, suffering, and injustice.

Finally, the revenue generated via the advertisements that appear on this site (even the Black Friday ones) is also used to help those who need it more than we do. If you like the look of an ad, give it a click, and if you like what we do here at TLCB, then please consider sharing us. The more eyeballs the ads get, the more we can give : )

Thank you