Christmas Is A Coming!
Christmas is coming and that always means lots of presents. And it seems to me that it seems like the presents are taking over.
Now I'm certainly not going to sit here and say presents are bad and we should stop giving them. I just think that we can give gifts that maybe mean a little more and are a little more personal then whatever's on sale at your local toy store.
Remember the story of stuff? There's a reason why those cheap toys are so cheap.
You can still give toys, but maybe instead of a lot of cheaply made toys how about just a few really well made ones?
And if you like giving (or getting) clothes how about ones made from organic cotton or recycled materials?
Better yet why not make gifts? That's actually what my family is going to do this year.
I've got a couple ideas like the hankies from earlier and I'm going to iron on the Easy Eco To Go logo (my moms idea), another is ornaments made from beads and crystals (my moms got tons of each so I don't even have to buy anything!) and magnets made from photos.
Along with more meaningful gifts why not add in some new holiday traditions as well. Make an advent calender to count down the days, bake cookies Christmas Eve to decorate Christmas morning after presents and always read The Night Before Christmas.
I am still going to buy some gifts for the boys and I know they'll still be getting lots of stuff from their grandparents. But my hope is to make the focus the time we spend with our family.
This year, for the first time in at least 8 years my mom, my brother and his fiance and my sister and her boyfriend will be here for Christmas day with us, besides my dad being here too, there's really not much more I could want for Christmas.
I didn't want to make this too long so be sure to stop back for some great green shopping ideas and how to make the ornaments and magnets!
Do you have any traditions are green gift ideas?
While you're here, why not enter the EcoSMART giveaway?
5 comments:
Not sure if it's entirely green, but each year we buy apples from Apple Hill (to support local growers) and then make apple butter as gifts (reusing our canning jars). This year I also learned how to make grapevine wreaths from our grapevine in the yard, so the kids will be decorating those as well for gifts.
That's a great gift idea! I swear the apples from there taste better than any others I have ever had, especially if you pick them right off the trees!
Excellent, I'm trying to do the same kind of thing - making presents or trying to buy things locally - I've just had a massive clear out and I'm actually dreading beign given anything new so I'm hoping for no presents this year! Looking forward to seeing your ideas :)
I love your ideas. Thanks. I have finally convinced the adults not to exchange gifts but to donate the money they would normally spend.
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My brother and I donate to causes for each other. This will be our second year to do it. We both have everything we need so we think this is a better idea.
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