Vegetarian, animal lover and TV star Christina Applegate urges holiday shoppers not to buy fur for the holidays in a revealing PETA e-card. She instead encourages them to buy synthetic furs and save money and prevent animal cruelty.

Christina Applegate, 35, became famous after starring in the “Married with Children” sitcom. Now she is starring in another popular series “Samantha Who?”. She is also involved with the group, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), in a campaign against fur.

She is encouraging holiday shoppers not to buy any fur. As part of the campaign, she posed nude in a PETA e-card.

The card reads the following:"Cross cruelty off your shopping list by avoiding fur coats, collars, and cuffs (unless it's fake fur of course.)"

Applegate talks about this campaign and her career here. She said she turned vegetarian during lunch one day on the set of “Married with Children” when she was a teenager. She suddenly felt that she couldn't eat anything alive, so she stopped. She also read many articles about how fur was made and how much animal cruelty is involved. So she stopped eating meat from then on.

Christina said to PETA:

"They make really great synthetic fur—you really don’t need real fur. The holidays are also a time when people freak out about their finances. If you don’t want to spend the money, why not try some of the other options instead of killing a bunch of animals?"

Good for her: The ad is done nicely and I hope it will spread the message. You can send the e-card if you like to your friends here.