Save Some Christmas Time And Money

When we think of Christmas, fast approaching, our shopping is always at the forefront of our plans. It's always a wonderful feeling, to be finished finding and buying all of the necessary gifts for everyone on our lists. But there's one item that most of us don't think about until we need it, and then, that often means a quick, late-night trip to the store. For the wrapping paper we thought we had at home, but couldn't find.

We always resent it, don't we? On the one hand, we want the presents we put under the tree (or, rather, the presents that Santa Claus leaves under the tree) to be beautiful, colorful and dazzling, in their wrapping. There's nothing more exciting in those early hours of Christmas morning than a pile of gorgeously wrapped gifts, ready for opening.

Even so, the gift-wrapping is so quickly discarded, especially by children. They may be momentarily delighted by the colors and designs of the wrapping, but their desire to get at the gifts that Santa left them is overwhelming, and the wrapping is their victim, as they tear it to pieces.

And then you have all of that paper to throw away. Again, if you think about it, it's a little painful, thinking about how quickly we're done with it and then gather it for disposal into some landfill. You dare not ask yourself how many trees' worth of paper your family used last Christmas.

As well, the price of wrapping paper is constantly rising. How many of us actually figure that cost into our Christmas budgets, as we begin shopping, each holiday season? It adds up, quickly, and we find ourselves surprised, each year, when we realize by how much we exceeded our planned spending.

It doesn't have to be that way. Why spend so much money and time on gift-wrapping, when the wrapping is turned to trash so quickly? Maybe every single gift doesn't need to be wrapped.

If you choose to leave some of the childrens' toys unwrapped, the logic is simple and easily explained. Santa Claus gets the toys he brings from the elves who make them at the North Pole, right? He puts them into his big bag, which goes on his sleigh, right? So, he doesn't have time to wrap every gift, does he? And even if he did, wouldn't all that travel tear up the wrapping paper?

Nice gift-wrapping makes a beautiful picture on Christmas morning, but only for a very short time. Once the kids start to bore through the wrapping to their toys and gifts, all of that paper is just so much landfill, isn't it? You may want to wrap some gifts, but the ones that come from Santa might just as well stay unwrapped.

And you might save a tree or two, as well. Everyone comes out ahead, if at least part of your Christmas remains unwrapped.

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