Ask Shoppers to 'Be Sweet to Animals' This Holiday Season

With holiday shopping and celebrations in full swing, PETA is asking people around the world to appeal to shoppers' conscience and sweet tooth with our "Be Sweet to Animals" tags or by telling ballet and operagoers that "fur is tutu cruel." Simply attach a tag to a candy cane (or another of your favorite vegan holiday treats) and voilà: You have a fun and irresistible treat to satisfy shoppers' appetites for compassion this holiday season.

Click on the links below to download and print your tags today. Pick your favorite tag or use them all!

Be Sweet to Animals: Don't Eat Them
Be Sweet to Animals: Buy Cruelty-Free Products
Be Sweet to Animals: Don't Buy Fur, Leather, or Wool
Be Sweet to Animals: Don't Buy Animals as Gifts
Be Sweet to Animals: Boycott Circuses

The following are some ideas to help you get the most out of your treats:

• Add some extra color to your tags by printing them using colored ink or on colored paper.
• Pass them out in front of stores or shopping malls or on busy city streets.
• Take a basket full of your compassionate treats to restaurants, stores, or other businesses in your area, and ask a representative if you can leave them on a counter for customers.
• Add some flair by donning a costume while you hand out the treats! A simple holiday-themed hat will help keep you warm, and it's a fun way to attract more people to your message.
• Attach the tags to all your holiday gifts. They're great as stocking stuffers too!

If evening outreach is more your thing, there's no better place to confront those wearing skins than at the opera or the ballet. Don a leotard and tutu, make some signs that say, "Fur Is Tutu Cruel," and pass out some of PETA's anti-fur leaflets an hour before show time. You'll really get the fur-wearers on their toes!

Don't forget to take pictures of your compassionate concoctions or your opera outreach to post to PETA's Flickr page, your MySpace or Facebook pages, and other social networking sites to help inspire others and show off your great work for animals!

Still doing some holiday shopping of your own? Be sure to check out PETA's specialty holiday gifts, Ethical Gift Packs, and discount prices on your favorite items at PETACatalog.com.

Remember: The best way to help animals this season—and all year long—is not to eat them. For delicious holiday recipes to please any palate, visit VegCooking.com.

Thank you for all that you do to help animals, and have a safe, happy, and compassionate holiday season!