My sister has a gift - she can make any present look ten times more inviting and special - by the way she wraps it. So yesterday, I made a deal with her. Today, I shop, tomorrow she wraps.
I've decided that this year's gifts will be foody or arty and they will all be locally made. I'll be buying no wrapping paper, and I'll be choosing gifts that don't come in fancy excess packaging, because I have my sister to transform whatever I buy.
In the summer, I had a big sort out of Harry Potter's bedroom (the cupboard under the stairs - in case anyone reading this needs an explanation). I sorted out all the bits of Christmas paper from years gone by, the collection of ribbons and bows, and tissue paper, so they are all neat and tidy and ready for my sister to get creative. We have spiced apple cake and nice coffee to help and we may even get out the Christmas music!
Christmas is so often a time of excess and waste - mountains of food, mountains of packaging. But after a year of making a conscious effort to go Zero Waste, I'm not going to let Christmas change that.
My green Christmas shopping list for 2013:
- Support local small businesses as much as possible
- Avoid anything that has excess packaging
- Avoid anything that is not reusable / recyclable once no longer required or if it breaks
- Use last year's gift bags, or get creative with wrapping (thanks, Anna, for Tip 99 in my book!)
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