Last week, when I posted Made in China Christmas, so many of you chimed in, I thought I’d pass along a documentary suggestion left by One Hundred Dollar a Month reader, Pamela. It’s called X-Mas Without China. It’s about a group of people challenged to celebrate Christmas without a single thing made in China. It’s airs on PBS, so it’s totally free, you just need to pop over to PBS, enter your zip code and find your local listing and time.
I totally plan on catching it next week. Thanks for the suggestion, Pamela!
~Mavis
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Carol says
Hi Mavis – I’d really like to watch this documentary but when I checked the PBS station for the Puget Sound area, I didn’t see anything listed other than “re-airs in December 2015”. If you find out when it’s on do you mind posting the date/time? Thanks!! (p.s. I can’t imagine trying to shop w/o buying Made in China products… but maybe it’s time to learn how)
Donna Wilson says
My station said the same thing, but when I searched the program it told me when it was on. For me it’s 1 AM, so I found it just in time.
Deborah says
I really dislike “X-mans”. Without CHRIST, there would be no CHRISTmas
Tamara says
Look up R. C. Sproul’s explanation of the first Greek letter of the name Christ, X, and you will understand Xmas DOES mean Christmas and it is not disrespectful.
grivet says
So I have really tried this this year. I knitted my girls stick horses, made them quilts and bought them boots. the problem is that even though i tried soooo hard to avoid the made in china label, there is soooo little actually fully manufactured in the us that the money went to turkey for the yarn (lion brand), the fabric came from taiwan ( I know they are affiliated with China), and mexico, and the boots were made in mexico. I couldn’t find anything that was started and finished in the U.S. that I could afford. ( my husband is working part time as am I due to a recent layoff situation) So even the felt my girls and I made for ornaments came from mexico. So I guess the question is how do you do this? Do you just avoid China or all the other manufacturing meccas of the world? It’s just such a hard complex question. Just thought I would chime in thanks Candice
Andrea says
It was interesting to see how much stuff is Made in China. I am looking forward to seeing this. I remember when “Made in USA” was a big thing. But the realization of so much stuff made overseas it is clear to see why good jobs in the USA are declining.
pamela sheppard says
You’re welcome. I found it very interesting to watch. It ended up being very stressful on the family.
Aileen says
Wow this was an eye opener. I had not realised how much we make here in Ireland as just back from our largest craft fair in Dublin where over 600 Irish artisan producers had stands. However I wonder about some items that would have had component parts perhaps that were made in China e.g. buttons, zips, artificial gems, materials etc. I must actually look in the shops next week & see how many items are made in China stocked in Ireland.
Tammy says
This sounds like something I’d really like to see but it doesn’t have any scheduled dates for my area either.
Jamie H says
My husband and I are American Expats living in China. We sat in our living room last night and watched this together. We were commenting to ourselves how much that struggle is part of our everyday lives. We are constantly on the lookout for American or European products, right down to the food we buy. Still, Chinese couch, Chinese tv, and Chinese speakers. The only Chinese gifts we are taking home with us for Christmas will be a few strands of pearls.