Non-clicky Poll: EF Holidays

Dobie_Mama · November 2011

How do you plan to keep the holidays EF?

Soyager · November 2011

I'm just reiterating in my head, "We/he/they don't need that." I think the key is simplification.

I'm going to craft a few more decorations beyond what I've had for years, keep gifts simple, and find reusable ways to wrap.

For Thanksgiving, we're buying a locally-grown, non-steroid/non-GMO-fed/non-antibiotic bird and will be using local produce as much as possible.

That's all I have off the top of my head now. Just wanted to give the crickets some company

Dobie_Mama · November 2011

Soyager:

That's all I have off the top of my head now. Just wanted to give the crickets some company

The crickets appreciate that.

Simplification is a big one for us. I've also tried really hard this year to shop 2nd hand, particularly for the kids, and do handmade gifts.

I'm trying to plan ahead for creative re-used and/or re-usable wrapping.

daenikoffre · November 2011

Handmade Christmas! We're crafty folks, so that works for us. Also, we're not getting a tree because we'll be traveling for the holidays [not at all EF], but when we do get one we'll get a living tree and plant it on New Year's Day. This is a tradition I'd love to start next year [when I assume we will be getting a tree] and keep. Oh, and reusable giftwrap.

And for Thanksgiving we just do local / organic / etc etc. But we always eat that way. Hmn.. I don't know. I hadn't thought of how we could EFF our T-day. & We're pescetarian.

kdello · November 2011

Tgiving is at someone else's house, so greening that is pretty out of the question. Xmas, I'm making handmade gifts for almost everyone (except my dad, who gets a bottle of good bourbon every year Reusable wrapping, not wrapping Santa's gifts. I'll be cooking for that one, so I'm going to try and get as much as I can from the farmer's market or the garden.

We buy our tree from a local family farmer and we cut it and transport it ourselves.

Mamasaurus · November 2011

I try to gift/ask for things that are not meant to be thrown away, things that will last a long time, things people will use and enjoy, etc. That's the big one for me since so many of the typical "stocking stuffers" are disposable, plastic, and pretty unnecessary. Ornaments from 10,000 Villages is a much better choice, IMO, than a plastic tube shaped like a candy cane that is full of M&M's. A nice door mat from Uncommon Goods is better than novelty sticky notes. Real Simple usually puts out a list of green/greener gifts, and I will probably take a look at that this year. To me, avoiding waste is one of the easiest ways to be green, especially since it's so hard to find out about the practices of every company that makes potential gift items, holiday decorations, etc.

nonoemily · November 2011

daenikoffre:
Handmade Christmas! We're crafty folks, so that works for us. Also, we're not getting a tree because we'll be traveling for the holidays [not at all EF], but when we do get one we'll get a living tree and plant it on New Year's Day. This is a tradition I'd love to start next year [when I assume we will be getting a tree] and keep. Oh, and reusable giftwrap.
And for Thanksgiving we just do local / organic / etc etc. But we always eat that way. Hmn.. I don't know. I hadn't thought of how we could EFF our T-day. & We're pescetarian.

I would really like to follow this tradition next year, too. My parents had live trees for Christmas when my brother and I were little and they planted them along the driveway at our first house. I like to drive by and see them still there, even though we haven't lived in that house for 25 years.

bstrangely · November 2011

i'm really proud of my gift wrap hoard. i have been saving paper and ribbons for years now. and i must do a decent job, one of the boxes i made years ago is still at dh's grandmother's house. i think they use it to store small blankets.

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