OC Community Embraces Buy Nothing Black Friday

Alexandra Dreyer, who is helping lead a local Buy Nothing Day initiative, stands in the doorway of a Coto de Caza, Calif. residence she is housesitting, on Nov. 25, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

COTO DE CAZA, Calif.—For many people, Black Friday means long lines, crowded stores, compulsive buying, and the beginning of Christmas-shopping anxiety. 

But this year, a small community in Orange County, California, is taking a different approach.