My mother always collects the gift bags and boxes after everything has been opened on Christmas day. She stores them away in her trunk to repurpose for the next holiday season.
One year we had a huge crafting project and cut up paper grocery bags for gift wrap. We tied pine cones and sprigs of sage and pine to the parcels.
Amy's tips for "Green" gifts:
- make something homemade - cookies, a knit scarf, some soothing massage oil, something fun!
- give a long-lasting gift - something perennial that will outlast the week
- don't under-estimate the power of a second hand gift - one year I gave an antique cigarette tray in the shape of an ear complete with the ear reflexology points spelled out to a colleague. She loved it!
- give the gift of health with a massage gift card, a gift certificate for a yoga class or a class on healthy cooking
- wrap up a handful of smaller gifts to make a cool gift basket
A Green Christmas is perfectly doable and may even save you some dough this year!
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