Such gay holiday wrappings… such disgusting trash!

December 19, 2007 by Auntie Kate of Too Good to be Threw

So, it’s almost Christmas. You just have to run out and get some colorful paper, some ribbon, those cute little name tags and some tape to wrap everything up, right?

So your gifts will look pretty under the tree…until an hour later, when you haul all of those paper wrappings out to the trash. Merry Christmas, Trash Heap!

Tell the Earth Merry Christmas at the same time as celebrating your loved ones… by PRE-cycling. What’s precycling, and what does it have to do with giving gifts? Read about it on HowToConsign.com . Don’t create The Nightmare After Christmas. There’s better ways to present gifts than using dye-heavy paper, made of trees and chemicals and shipped around the world only to be regulated to the garbage within minutes.

Happy waste-less gift-giving to you, your grandchildren, and your great-grandchildren!

Posted in Shopkeeping talk | Tagged christmas, ecology, holidays | 10 Comments

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on November 27, 2010 at 9:10 am Packaging can make all the difference. Yes, even in consignment and resale. « Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

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on December 1, 2009 at 1:43 pm Wrapping Holiday Gifts: Eco-Problem your Consignment or Resale Shop Can Solve « Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

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on November 29, 2009 at 9:37 am Buy One Gift One…perfect consignment shop holiday promo. « Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

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on September 10, 2009 at 7:55 am sandrar

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. 🙂 Cheers! Sandra. R.
on December 22, 2008 at 9:06 pm Wrapping it all up. Pretty & pretty eco-responsible. « Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

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on November 25, 2008 at 4:27 pm Holidays: Make them special for your relatives « Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

[…] And those pesky second cousins, co-workers, bosses: You don’t like her taste in knick-knacks and she doesn’t like yours. And who knows if that toaster cover will match her kitchen…or fit her toaster? What Auntie Kate recommends: You, she, and the community you live in will all be better off if you make a donation to a charity she cares about and one you can live with. Animals are always safe, so are children. Not to mention, that a child who lives in your town needs financial aid a whole heck of a lot more than her toaster needs a cover. Most charities are all set up to send a greeting card stating that a donation has been made in [receipt’s name] by [your name.] Best of all, gifts like this don’t require the awful, soul-deadening gift-wrap waste. […]
on December 20, 2007 at 3:22 pm Cathy

Oh that picture is so sad…people dumped all that trash right on that beautiful landscape?? Sickening!!

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