Do you know “Buy Nothing Day”? It is a holiday that asks people not to buy things for a day. 1 It was the idea of a man named Ted Dave.

2 They had to buy things for eating, living and enjoying life. “But many people think they must buy many things to be happy. 3 This is not right,” Dave said. To change people’s shopping habits(习惯), he came up with “Buy Nothing Day”.

“Buy Nothing Day” is celebrated on the fourth Friday of every November. Dave took this day for the holiday for a very important reason. It is one of the biggest shopping days of the year. 4

The first “Buy Nothing Day” was celebrated in Canada in 1992. Many other countries also have problems with too much buying and they celebrate “Buy Nothing Day” too.

Some people don’t think “Buy Nothing Day” can really work. “It is only one day,” they say. Other people say they should not just buy less, but they should buy better. 5 “Buy Nothing Day” does(确实) get people thinking about the bad influences(影响) of buying too much.

A. Dave thinks people should learn to buy better things.
B. So they usually buy things more than they need.
C. It began in the 1990s in Vancouver, Canada.
D. Though(尽管) people have different ideas,
E. Dave knew that people needed to buy things.
F. People call this day “Black Friday”.