I'm not sure if this is anti-consumerism or not, because I'm still spending money, but for gift-giving, I usually buy people memberships or passes to their favorite places. So my parents, for example, got a membership to the arboretum that they love to go to. They enjoy themselves year round outdoors (it's healthy because they do lots of walking there), they remember me when they go, and they don't have something they don't use cluttering up the house. As a bonus, it's a non profit org so the gift is tax deductible. My nieces and nephews got passes this year to a waterpark they've been wanting to go to. For myself and my spouse, we like to go to a performance of either the Nutcracker or the Messiah. We enjoy ourselves and support the local arts that way.