The Best Ways to Avoid Giving Clutter This Christmas
This season of the year inspires abundant sharing and giving. And usually it inspires the exchange of clutter in the form of colorfully wrapped and ribboned gifts. How can you avoid giving people gifts that they will turn around and donate to a thrift store in January? Here are a few ideas that can help reduce holiday clutter: If they are local, invite them to go to a holiday concert, exhibit, or light display and purchase their ticket for them. You get to spend time together and celebrate the season without clutter. Ask them what they would like and actually get it for them. Do not veer off and purchase or make something sort of like what they want. Get them the exact thing they want. No clutter! Give them a prayer and a blessing written inside a card. That’s it. It can literally be this simple. Cards can be easily recycled after the holidays. Warm feelings are created in you when you write and send or hand it t...