Christmas is coming! There are only 6 more weeks left before Christmas arrives! Are you excited?  Have you started shopping yet?  Have you found your perfect living Christmas tree yet (not to worry, there is still time to order one!)?

While we have the living tree delivery and pick-up covered for you, there are other things you could do to add a little more green to your white Christmas celebration. Since we get so excited about it, we thought you might as well.

Scotty Claus and the Elves Present:  Green Christmas tips!

• Make your own decorations!  Popcorn strings, cut outs mounted on cardboard, foil wrapped tree shapes and more.  Invite your friends and family over to help you create a customized tree.
• Unplug your lights!  When you leave the house or go to sleep at night, unplug your lights from the outlet.  This goes for standard or our favorite LED lights.
• Skip greeting cards and send out an electronic greetings instead
• Reusing greeting cards:  Give your old greeting cards a second life by making them into gift tags. Cut them into rectangles, hole-punch, and voila! Instant tags for every gift!
• Go car-free!  When picking up last-minute grocery items like a quart of eggnog or cinnamon sticks consider walking or biking. You automatically reduce your carbon emissions by biking, walking, or even taking the bus to run your holiday errands.
• Shop online (you can even search online for coupons)
• Do you like to collect a new ornament every year? Consider purchasing a fair-trade ornament made by communities in developing countries or even in your own backyard. Better still, how about hosting a Ornament Trading party with friends and family and swapping ornaments?
• Create a new family tradition! Make a day of volunteering together at the local shelter, serving meals to the less-fortunate or visiting local nursing homes and hospitals.
• Create your own holiday gift wrap using paper bags, old maps, newspapers, leftover wallpaper, scarves
• Create your own gifts!  Create a photo album, a recipe book, plant a tree, give seeds for a garden or consider easy to put together kitchen gifts such as Vanilla Sugar
• And don’t forget to order your Living Christmas tree today!

Tags: christmas tree, eco-friendly, environment, green, green holiday, holiday, living tree

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