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Not This Christmas – I’m Going Green!

After 44 continuous years of celebrating Christmas with a tree, this year I have decided not to have a Christmas tree, I’m celebrating a Green Christmas.   Last year I was shocked by the number of discarded Christmas trees, that littered the sidewalks of my San Francisco neighborhood, for months after Christmas had ended.

In my growing Green consciousness, I realized that Christmas had become un-sustainable, and was in reality a leading cause of global warming.   The hyper-consumption that occurs around Christmas, forget the moral implications (What would Jesus say?), is extremely damaging to the environment.

From Christmas trees, to wrapping paper, holiday lights, mall shopping, packaging, multiple gifts, Christmas cards, and on and on, all cause global warming.    So this year, I am not participating, I will not help destroy the planet in the name of Santa Claus. I will be celebrating a Green Christmas.   No tree, lights, decorations, x-mas cards, everyone gets one gift.

What about you? Are you already celebrating a Green Christmas?   Have you greened your Christmas?   Are you starting to realize how environmentally damaging Christmas has become?  How do you convince kids to celebrate a Green Christmas?

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