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Plan your shopping in advance. Consolidating your shopping trips saves fuel (and aggravation), and you'll avoid those last minute frenzies when you won't have time to make careful gift choices.
Rather than piling up "stuff" under the tree, think about what friends and family really want or need. Try giving gift certificates if you don't know what someone wants, or simply make a donation in his or her name to a favorite charity.
Give gifts that encourage others to use less stuff, like a book about making crafts from reusable items, cookbook for leftovers, reusable tote bags.
Or simply set a good example by giving homemade food or something you've made yourself from reused items.
For kids, start a savings account or give stocks or bonds. It's fun to watch money grow and it teaches children the value of financial conservation.
Shop for gifts at antique stores, estate sales or flea markets, since one person's trash is another's treasure.
Donate unwanted gifts, along with last year's gifts that the kids have outgrown, to charity.
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