If your inner Cindy Lou Who or Charlie Brown has you feeling down about an overly commercialized Christmas, try charitable shopping on for size. Browse a variety of nonprofit booths at the third annual Alternative Gift Fair and make a donation in a loved one’s name. Past participants have included the Blue Ridge Area Food Bank, Building Goodness Foundation and Literacy Volunteers of Charlottesville/Albemarle.
Thursday 12/4. Free, noon. The Paramount Theater, 215 E. Main St., Downtown Mall. 979-1333.