The Christmas come down

If you celebrate Christmas, you will now be finding yourself in the ‘Chrimbo Limbo’ period between celebrations. A time to relax, reset and start the new year right, take some time post-Christmas to move on consciously with sustainability in mind… 🎄

• Wrapping – Need a moment to yourself? Tuck yourself away with the remains of Christmas presents and pause in the rhythm of removing sellotape from paper for recycling, removing gift tags for re-use or recycling and separating wrapping components to maximise the amount recycled. Next year, could you use paper tape for even easier recycling? Or use this years paper and cards to wrap again, or fabric for wrapping that can be reused multiple times and multiple ways? Next Christmas I’ll have some paper on its third celebration and still going strong, which is great if the paper you already have is really pretty! 🎁
• Food – What a feast! Don’t let any go to waste though: leftover pies, casseroles, soups and bakes, use your leftovers creatively to avoid huge Christmas food waste piles. 🥣
• Gifts – While it may have only been a few days since receiving them, it can be useful to organise your new gifts early on before you get sentimentally attached. Make piles for keeping, re-gifting or recycling if already used. Less clutter, less waste 🙂
• Reflection – What could make your Christmas more planet friendly next year? Could you look into plastic-free crackers, to avoid the inevitable plastic frog waste left after the meal, use fabric scraps to wrap family presents, ask friends what they’d like sooner to avoid over-buying or cook a plant-based showstopping meal? Setting a few goals can help mentally prepare for the next celebration without any of the eco guilt afterwards.

I hope if you celebrate you had a great Christmas this year and that 2021 has treated you well, or in the least you survived it! Let’s continue this journey in 2022, every year is more important than the last for our planet so let’s get ready once the new year arrives to give 2022 everything we have to save our home. Happy New Year and thank you for supporting Ginger Leaf Living this year, its very much appreciated! 🎆🥳🎇