The document challenges the reader to ask for donations to end extreme poverty for holiday gifts instead of material gifts. It notes that over 1 billion people live on under $1 per day, and over 22,000 people die from poverty each day. Ending extreme poverty would cost an estimated $50 billion annually for 15 years, which is only 5% of what is spent in North America during the holiday season or what Canadians would raise if each donated just $20. The reader is encouraged to forgo gifts and instead donate to help provide things like education, food, or clean water.