Holiday Gifting
By Karina | December 3, 2007
In my family there are a bunch of sibs and step-sibs. There’s also a few significant others involved - and So for the last couple of years at Thanksgiving, we have picked names and done a Secret Snowflake swap. It’s so great! Now, I will be totally honest here: I am an awful procrastinator with big big ideas, and so I’ve given away a number of presents in the past with knitting needles still in them, or ready to be popped back into the embroidery hoop for those final few stitches. And with my three sibs and their significant others to make or shop for, the holidays have been a little stressful.
But with a Secret Snowflake swap, you only have to worry about one other person (plus we all get things for our parents and nieces and nephews). You can take the time and think hard about what that person will really love, and you don’t find yourself at Target on Christmas Eve buying a gift card because you Just Don’t Know what to do. I feel much better knowing that I’m giving my loved ones something that they honestly want and will use, rather than something that I bought because I needed to give someone something.
This year we were scattered to the winds for Thanksgiving, so we all signed up for Elfster. The internets picked our swappee and we all were able to fill out an on-line wishlist. I got an email from elfster recently that I thought was interesting - they’ve recently launched green gifting, which sounds like it’s right up the Tiny Choices alley:
Can one person’s trash be another’s treasure? Elfster believes it can!!!
Welcome to to the Elfster.com Public Green Gift Exchange. This initiative is powered by Elfster’s members to encourage “Regift, Reuse and Reduce” - Elfster’s version of the Three R’s and key practices that will help alleviate the potential impact of waste on our environment.
According to Elfster CEO Peter Imburg, “Elfster has been invisibly helping people with reducing holiday excess. Now, we want to take gift giving to a new level with “Green Gifting.” Green Gifting refers to public used gift exchanges which encourage people to give digital gifts or give used items they no longer want or need.”
How perfect! I love that this is an initiative dedicated to reducing waste in the environment.
Have you participated in any swap gifting or regifting around the holidays?
Related posts:
- Ending Holiday Consumerism
- Easy Peasy Tip: Plan Your Holiday Gifts!
- Holiday Light Displays
- DIY: Holiday Crafting Ideas?
- Easy Peasy Tip: Waste-free Wrapping!
- Holiday Recycling
- Oranges in Christmas Stockings
Topics: General |
[…] Holiday Gifting […]