I have lots of buy nothing days. Helps me save a lot of money.

Never heard of it. I only like to spend. :P

Here is an example of a short essay for you, you can add more ideas. Many countries celebrate "Buy Nothing Day ". This celebration can be any day you want it to be. But if you want to be coordinated in your efforts check to see when people in your country are celebrating it. What could you possibly hope to accomplish by participating? At the very least, you'll save a bit of your hard-earned cash. You'll also avoid some of the dangers of shopping at this time of year. If this is a difficult challenge for you, you'll have a feeling of accomplishment and self-worth. But you'll be saving time as well. Happy non-buying means less unhappy returns of unwanted purchases. A lot of businesses and traders are very unhappy with the concept of "Buy Nothing Day" especially if it is held before Christmas.

Wikipedia has a good summary of Buy Nothing Day and some links that could help you to do your own research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buy_Nothing_Day

I read about it on the news. The article was saying that this day is a failure. It's not a real holiday, it's a day that someone tried to invent to protest something, I think just to protest consumerism (materialism) in general. anyway, it's not a real holiday.