I think the Occupy people are just full of themselves, lack focus on any specifics, just anti-American rabble attracting negative backlash from the mainstream. The mask symbolizes hiding=lack of integrity. Let's party, be disruptive, protest in the US Capitol nude, civil disobedience for fragmented issues: AIDS money, medical pot pretext, anti-oil, anti-Wal Mart, anti-law abiding, anti-work ethic; show offs in NY-NJ disaster, kissing up for US welfare with the donkeys in power...I didn't go shopping, so I'm capable of thinking for myself regarding holiday and American values. No mask here! If I like my gas, Wal Mart, strong defense, medical research, non-union / free trade issues-well then I dont need their or anybody's approval. I'm free on my own to make my own choices.

I don't know why they wear masks, nor do I know if using the mask as a symbol, is un-American. I do know that Jesus was born a poor child, and asked for us to love and care for each other: the sick, the poor, the orphaned, the widow, the imprisoned. The gifts of the wise men, were: gold, an incorrupt metal signifyinig His sovereignty, frankinsence for worship and finally, myrrh for His sacrifice. We give gifts to honor God that exists in each of us as an act of Love. But our gifts do not have to cost anything, if we care for each other and help each other, that is the greatest gift, so a no buy day is in spirit with the holiday, as one can give of themselves.