Early holiday burnout plus 'What Would Jesus Buy?'

I'm already sick of the end-of-year holidays and am boycotting all posts about them until after Thanksgiving.

So maybe I'm a little extra-sensitive about this because the holiday-related press releases started hitting my inbox way before Halloween. The most popular eco-angle, used in about half the press releases this year: express horror at recent lead-related recalls, then tout eco-product's leadlessness.

Of course, I totally contributed to this premature holiday frenzy of sorts -- but in my defense, I was responding to questions! About holiday gift baskets and holiday lights, specifically. Then I had an assignment to write about top 10 gifts for the holidays at BlogHer.

If you really must start planning for the holidays ridiculously early, I hope you can get by with those posts. For more, you'll have to wait until Nov. 23. Deep down, I know you want to procrastinate on holiday prep like I do. Which in this case isn't really even procrastinating because we'll still have a good month to prep post-Thanksgiving.

Need some fun inspiration for procrastination? Watch Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping on a road trip to save Christmas from "The Shopocalypse" in what looks like a hilarious new movie, "What Would Jesus Buy." Made with Morgan Spurlock of "Super Size Me" fame, the documentary humorously follows all the debt, trash and stress racked up by the consumerization of the holidays.

Watch the trailer here. If you haven't heard of Rev. Billy yet, you've been missing out. His hilarious anti-consumerist antics have long been feared by big corporations -- including Starbucks, which distributed a memo titled “What should I do if Reverend Billy is in my store?" to its stores in 2002, according to the L.A. Weekly.

"What Would Jesus Buy" opens in Los Angeles on Nov. 21, but a free screening happens tomorrow, Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2:30 p.m. at the Fine Arts Theatre, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills. RSVP to rsvp@studioscreenings.com, noting the number of guests in your party.

Comments

[Raphael]

Rev. Billy is so awesome. Is he coming to LA?

[Siel]

He was at the screening! Not sure if he's still here though --