I’m dreaming of a green Christmas
The festive holidays are a pretty wasteful time of year in general; all those crazy displays of electric lights on houses; rolls and rolls on non-recycled wrapping paper under the tree; and don’t get me started on all the food we end up throwing out each year! It seems that people who would normally be the first to pick up every green advice leaflet from display stands during the other 11 months of the year turn into greedy, wasteful consumers at Christmas. But surely there’s a way to celebrate the holidays and be environmentally friendly?
Of course there is, and a lot of the following tips are really just common sense. For example, do not get yourself and your family cast in a Christmas family comedy in which you’re going to end up in competition with your neighbour over who can have the boldest and brashest display of Christmas lights. It won’t end well for either of you and you’ll be stuck with a huge power bill come January…
On a serious note, there really isn’t any need for a flashing six foot Santa Claus on your roof to show the neighbourhood that you have the Christmas spirit. We don’t even have lights on our tree any more, preferring to light candles (well away from the flammable plastic pine needles of course) which look just as good reflected on our decorations. We wrap our presents in recycled paper – and then recycle that; cards are recycled into gift tags for the following year; some of the really nice ones are even turned into tree decorations. If you use your imagination – and put a little bit of effort into the planning – there is no reason that you can’t be as green at Christmas as you are the rest of the year.
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