But giving meaningful gifts doesn’t have to mean spending your savings, which can bring unwelcome anxiety to a joyful season. Showing someone that you genuinely care about them can be done through a simple action that illustrates that you also care for the community—volunteerism in honor of a loved one.

Wherever you go this weekend, whatever your shopping or dining plans, make a point of patronizing local business where you live because they are part of what makes your neighborhood a community.