To create a sense of legitimacy within myself, I tried to find gifts for my family and friends were not brand new to reduce the carbon footprint of the gifting season. Well I suppose there were emissions in the travel to and from to get some of the gifts but truly, it was a huge reduction.
I wasn't sure if everyone would love old stuff as much as I so the element of risk taking was present. I wasn't 100 percent effective in eliminating all new product shopping. I did buy a few things I thought people really needed like a new, down jacket or a bottle of wine here and there.
It's several days past my gift giving and I've since contemplated, did I do the right thing? Did I make my family and friends as happy as I would have if I'd done all my shopping in mall as usual?
My self reply is that I am going to start now doing the same sort of thing for next Christmas. It worked out that well. I was careful to purchase, hunt for, find and match the right old stuff with the right people. I found new homes for old books when I went to our local Bay View library book sale (old books including classics, treasures and gems that were taken off the shelves). I scoured the auction ads in our local paper, seeking interesting things for interesting people. It was great fun searching though antique shop inventories (including my own) to find just the right vintage or antique items.
All in all, I'm glad for the experience.
Happy New Year to the person who might stumble upon my ramblings!!!
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