Hollywood publicity firm Sunshine Sachs has canceled its annual, bicoastal holiday celebrations as a gesture of support for immigrants, women, LGBT people and the environment.

The decision was a gesture to “defend the values we hold dear,” according to an email sent Tuesday.

“We’ve been talking a lot about how to protect the things we care about, post-election,” CEO Shawn Sachs told TheWrap. The firm’s clients include companies like Facebook and stars like Natalie Portman, Ben Affleck and Leonardo DiCaprio.

Sixteen different organizations — including the ACLU, Human Rights Campaign and the Immigrant Defense Fund — will receive donations from a budget usually reserved for lavish parties in New York City and Los Angeles.

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The company declined to disclose its party budget or the total amount of its donations. But the holiday events have been held in pricey venues and drawn up to 500 people on each coast — a mix of entertainment and media professionals, producers and the firm’s own clients.

This Thursday, Sunshine Sachs will close its locations (which includes branches in Washington, D.C., and Austin, Texas) and the staff will volunteer in groups for causes like a coat drive in New York City. At the end of the day of service, they’ll gather for modest celebrations in the office as “now is the time to come together,” said Sachs.

“However I felt the morning after was nothing compared to how I felt taking to people in this office, those who felt their citizenship — in a matter of moments — was gone or had been lessened,” Sachs said of November’s presidential election, which saw Republican Donald Trump defeat Democrat Hillary Clinton. “Being the diverse workplace we are, many of us felt under assault.”

Here’s the full list of groups getting a holiday donation from Sunshine Sachs:

Advancement Project
American Civil Liberties Union
#Cut50
EMILY’s List
Environmental Defense Fund
Everytown for Gun Safety
Flint Water Fund
Homeboy Industries
Human Rights Campaign
Immigrant Defense Fund
International Rescue Committee
Muslim Aid America
Planned Parenthood
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Trevor Project
The White Helmets

18 Great Christmas Movies You Can Stream on Netflix Right Now (Photos)

The only reason people love this time of year is because it's now appropriate to binge watch a whole bunch of Christmas movies. So instead of wasting your time browsing for the best holiday movies, TheWrap's got you covered with 18 of our favorites.
"Love Actually"

Probably one of the best new classic Christmas movies out there. It's a romantic-comedy that follows nine intertwined love stories and it will give you all the feels. Just keep a box of tissues handy.
Universal Pictures
"Last Holiday"

A shy ambitious woman writes her dreams of being a professional cook down in a journal, but never pursues it. Instead, she works in the cookware section of a department store, until one day she bumps her head while flirting with her co-worker.

Upon examination, doctors tell her she has weeks to live, so the woman decides to quit her job and live life to its fullest.
Paramount Pictures
"While You Were Sleeping"

One of Sandra Bullock's earlier films, she plays a lonely woman working for the Chicago Transit Authority and has a crush on a regular commuter. On Christmas day, she saves him from a tragic accident and accompanies him to the hospital where a nurse mistakes her for his fiancee.
Buena Vista Pictures
"White Christmas"

We couldn't leave out this Christmas classic. This romantic-comedy-musical involves two singing acts joining together to save a former commanding officer's failing inn in Vermont.
Paramount Pictures
"Ernest Saves Christmas"

No Christmas is truly completely without the bizarre comic antics of Ernest P Worrell.
Buena Vista
"Serendipity"

A fateful day during the holiday season brings a man and woman in their 20s together for a magical night. The two part ways, despite having a strong mutual attraction, and years later try to find their way back to each other.
Miramax Pictures
"Scrooged"

It's another take on Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," so we already pretty much knows how this movie plays out. This time though, it's a successful and cynical TV executive who gets haunted by three Christmas ghosts.
Paramount Pictures
"Bojack Horseman Christmas Special"

Bojack, as you'd expect, is not exactly a Christmas kind of guy. But, as you'd also expect from watching a million Christmas movies, he's not gonna stay that way. But this is still "Bojack Horseman" through and through so don't expect the same kind of shamltz you get from most other Christmas-themed things
Disney
"Miracle on 34th Street" (1994)

A typical feel good Christmas movie to remind everyone that Santa Clause is really real. A woman is tasked with hiring a Santa Clause look-a-like to pose for pictures at a department store when she comes across a man named Kris Kringle--who happens to really be Santa.
20th Century Fox
"A Russell Peters Christmas Special"

Sometimes, we don't want cuddly sentimental Christmas movies with cute dogs and love stories. Sometimes, we just want to laugh.

In comes comedian Russell Peters with a Christmas special
Netflix
"November Rule"

While this isn't, on its, face, your typical Christmas Holiday movie, it does involve a guy who breaks up with his girlfriend because of his self-declared November rule -- which means that every November he has to break up with the woman he's with to avoid the lovey attachment of the holidays. I think you can guess what kind of holiday turn this plot is gonna take.
Capitol Love
"Christmas With The Kranks"

The Kranks cause a riot when they decide to skip Christmas and go on a vacation instead (the blasphemy) because their daughter is away in Peru. After almost heading out the door for their cruise, their daughter decides she's coming home after all, leaving the Kranks scrambling to get a fancy Christmas party together in the nick of time.
Columbia Pictures
"Mickey's Magical Christmas"

You can never go wrong with Mickey and Christmas especially when the movie features pretty much all of the Disney characters from Donald Duck to Aladdin's Jafar.
Disney
"Marry Me for Christmas"

Most people dread the holidays because they don't want to be asked about who they're dating, when they're getting married/pregnant, etc. In this movie, a woman gets one step ahead of the game when she enlists her employee to pretend to be her fiancee to make her family happy.
UP
"Beethoven's Christmas Adventure"

There are very few things better than Beethoven the dog in a Santa hat trying to rescue an elf and save Christmas.
Universal Pictures
"Santa Buddies"

One of the few things better than Beethoven trying to save Christmas: Air Bud's puppies trying to save Christmas.
Disney
"12 Dates of Christmas"

A woman keeps reliving Christmas Eve, including a date with a man named Miles, over and over again. How horrible.
"Snow Day"

Every kid's dream: not having school because of a snow day. In this movie, kids try to stop a snowplow from cleaning up the streets to keep their school snowed in. It's not actually a Christmas movie, but all the snow should get you in the holiday spirit.
Paramount Pictures

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