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Happy Tofurky Day Everyone!

I've dabbled in veganism for about two years, but now I'm finally taking the plunge. My birthday is coming up next month and I know my parents will want to do something. My mom is not an avid baker who usually uses cake mixes. She's not very receptive to my dietary choices and is incredulous involving all things "weird" (from dried beans to egg- ( Read more... )

I have a friend who's a recent vegan (woohoo!) and she's mentioned being really sad about missing her upcoming annual family activity of easter egg painting. I don't quite know the art of this, as I grew up in a jewish family, so I was wondering if anyone has any advice on what I could suggest she bring so she has something to paint. She told me ( Read more... )

Valentine's Day is coming up, and I've come to realize that every heart-shaped box of chocolates (that I've found so far) has gelatin and/or milk in them.

So, does anyone know of any good vegan boxes of chocolates? Thanks!

(cross-posted to vegetarian)

I am completely and utterly not a fan of Thanksgiving.  Forgive me while I rant but I'm assuming I'm not the only having holiday issues! I thought I had it good when I made it out of attending my boyfriend's family Thanksgiving (to give you an idea they watch Nascar, voted for Bush BOTH times, and feed my vegetarian dog hotdogs at family bbq's ( Read more... )

The Newsweek article about Thanksgiving posted a few posts below got me wondering. What do you all think about Thanksgiving and how do you handle it? Personally, I kind of think the holiday it self is ridiculous, but I understand that most people don't feel that way and it is one of the rare times a lot of families are all together. I've only had ( Read more... )

I currently just got a job at a movie store. Things have been going okay, people have been supportive of the fact that I'm vegan (when they order food they make sure there's an option for me, etc.), and everyone is at least AWARE of the fact that I am a vegan. Anyways, during the holiday season (Thanksgiving and Christmas), the company has a ( Read more... )

This is mainly directed towards the vegan parents on here, but any insight is welcome.
How do you feel about your kids trick or treating, if you've raised them vegan? There isn't much vegan-friendly Halloween candy out there, but trick or treating is such a fun tradition for kids. If they don't trick or treat, do you have something else planned for ( Read more... )

So I realize this is a bit early, but, like Walgreens, I get excited about the holidays early (though I don't decorate as early).

I was thinking the other day about how excited I am to have my first Holiday tree as a grown up with my boyfriend in our first apartment together. But then I realized - are Holiday trees really vegan? From the ( Read more... )