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Axe The Paper, Save A Christmas Tree

By: J Gardener

You may be getting your Christmas shopping done early, this year. Bargains are everywhere, so you might even be able to squeeze another gift or two into the budget you made for the season. But before you do, remember that item you always seem to leave off your list until the last minute, no matter how early you shop. That ever-costlier wrapping paper.

We always resent it, don't we? On the one hand, we want the presents we put under the tree (or, rather, the presents that Santa Claus leaves under the tree) to be beautiful, colorful and dazzling, in their wrapping. There's nothing more exciting in those early hours of Christmas morning than a pile of gorgeously wrapped gifts, ready for opening.

On the other hand, it's always painful to watch the children tear the wrapping paper to shreds, as they rip into their gifts, anxious to begin playing with their toys. If you don't snap a photo of all of the gifts, before the kids get to them, all the work that went into choosing the paper and wrapping the gifts will just be a distant memory.

And then you have all of that paper to throw away. Again, if you think about it, it's a little painful, thinking about how quickly we're done with it and then gather it for disposal into some landfill. You dare not ask yourself how many trees' worth of paper your family used last Christmas.

It's often only later, when the bills for Christmas arrive in January, that we're surprised by the cost. We thought we'd stayed within our Christmas budget. Then we remember-that gift-wrapping added considerably to the cost of Christmas.

Here's something to consider, this Christmas. Why not leave a portion of your gifts unwrapped? Think of the money you'll save, if you're not buying that extra wrapping paper. Think of the time you'll save, if you're not wrapping every single gift?

It could be easy to explain to your kids. After all, Santa Claus fills the bag on his sleigh with toys for all the boys and girls in the world, right? How could he possible wrap every gift? And if he did, he'd have a hard time telling who gets what, wouldn't he?

Face it-your kids don't really care about wrapping paper. It may make a beautiful picture under the tree on Christmas morning, for about five minutes. Then, the paper becomes confetti as the kids rip into their new toys and gifts. So, if you choose to leave Santa's gifts unwrapped, then no one will really be upset.

You can save time and money that way, and maybe a forest, somewhere. That sure wouldn't upset Santa Claus, would it?

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