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Not to mention the recycling of ALL cards and wrappings which also reduce the nr of trees that need to be felled in countries like Sweden and Finland.

Great idea!

It’s a brilliant idea… but have you thought about making your own? I found this site that tells you how ( http://www.pioneerthinking.com/makingpaper.html ). This way you can personalise each card and have some fun making them too! And for wrapping paper you could get a roll of blank/plain FSC wrapping paper (a lot cheaper) and potato print on it, according to the occasion. You can personalise this too!
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I’ve been making my own cards for a few months now; I use a lot of recycled materials such as old ribbon, buttons, scraps of felt, sweet wrappers etc. It’s saved me a small fortune in cards, as well as giving a more personal touch and making it more special for the recipient. Only problem is, now people want to buy them, and I can’t make them fast enough…..

re-use gift bags instead of wrapping, ( i think a present is much nicer in a gift bag as you can actully use it, instead of wrapping paper were you just throw it away)

or dont wrap it up at all- who needs wrapping? its the same pressie inside..

The important thing about giving a present, is to give something that can be used, not stuffed away in the attic or the shed, far better to give something that you know WILL be used, like perhaps a half kilo coffee, a couple of jars of fine jams, you know the kind, full of preservatives, better still to be home made of fruit and some sugar, perhaps a few magazines that have been read over and over again, roll them in a bundle with a string around them, excellent presents.
Its not the present, its the thought.

I don’t think someone would appreciate a present that’s been reused. I know it’s more about the thought than the present, but you need to put thought into what they’d like as well, not what’s easiest for you.
I make my own cards when needed, or in emergency buy recycled or ‘green’ cards.
Often I use gift bags instead of wrapping paper, although it is more expensive.
At christmas we always donate more to charity than we normally would as St. Nicholas always gave to others and never took.

I make cards, but I don’t know about not wrapping presents; I think that is just too difficult (i am only a young teenager) but I always ask and think of something they will definately use, otherwise it is a waste of money and the enviroment!!!

If you are unfortunate as to get something you don’t want this christmas donate it to charity, either to a homeless charity or oxfam!! It could make someones day! :)

I always use last year’s cards as gift tags. However I did run out last night in the middle of my wrapping session, so I started to recycle this year’s a little earlier than planned ;-)

I make my cards, problem for me is not the sourcing of pulp for the paper/card as this seems to be a well regulated and publicised industry but the chemicals used in the bleaching/dyeing/printing processes and the vast milage some of these items clock up before they are used and their environmantal impact. :-(