"A no-waste Christmas" by Ms. Yule...

irony much. There is a 'tide' in the affairs of women too.

[By the way for those Christians who believe life begins at conception, Christmas should be celebrated in March.]

Christmas celebrates a BIRTHday, which I believe has just passed - 25 December is a date which piggybacks on European pagan mid-winter celebrations.

As for those present ideas, I have yet to find a hand powered torch which provided enough light to see anything bigger or further away than the lock in my front door on a dark night, or that lasted more than a few months, so they just end up in landfill too. A two tiered dish rack? I think a good dishwasher has been proved to be more energy and water efficient than washing up by hand, although they don't confer the same smug holier-than-thou feeling for the user.

No waste Christmas? How about no waste at most times?
Suggestions :

Ban the tabloid newspapers - saves heaps of paper, ink, energy and stops the insults to most peoples intelligence.

Ban those advertising fliers.

Ban crap TV - running 100kW transmitters uses much energy.

Have a book burning ... No, no no ... Sorry.

How cruel Candide, WmTrevor spent days waiting his chance to make a witty comment and hours crafting it 'By the way for those Christians who believe life begins at conception, Christmas should be celebrated in March.' Then you go and shoot it down in three seconds 'Christmas celebrates a BIRTHday'

Valerie I am surprised at you. "the shops are full of stuff which will pause only briefly on its way to landfill."

It may be true, but it is an unkind way to describe Christmas shoppers, or did you have another kind of land fill in mind? We really only stay on this earth slightly longer than a Christmas card.

Does it really matter if a tree dies & falls down in the forest to rot, or if it is turned into wrapping paper, or Christmas cards, giving someone some small pleasure before rotting in a land fill.

Time to lighten up & enjoy life a bit, rather than preaching doom & gloom.

the no waste xmass
is as simple as passing on..your best..idea
[lets face it..you can give away..an idea..and never loose it.]
http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?discussion=6040#177111

Baa Humbug!

Scrooge McDuck

“Real Christmas is when gifts are needed, and durability and economy are important”

Says who?

For Christians, real Christmas is when we celebrate the coming of the Christ-child and look to the promise of the in-breaking Kingdom. For retailers, it’s a chance to make up for the paper-thin margins of the past few months and keep heads above water for another year. For some, it’s a chance to catch up with family, to take a break from the stress of over-work, to veg out at the beach, or just an excuse to indulge in more food and drink than is good for us. For kids, it’s a time of magic and presents. And for those with time or a few dollars to spare, “real” Christmas is perhaps to think of others and help out a good cause.

I don’t begrudge Valerie her vision of “real” Christmas. But in this, as in all her articles, I do resent her censorious disapproval of others’ lifestyle choices. If sending unsigned Christmas cards and welcoming “father thriftmas” is what floats your boat, by all means do it, though to me it seems the height of green tokenism. Leave the rest of us to celebrate as we will

Read this article again, all you who are censorious -

"All over the world, people celebrate Christmas, regardless of religion, because it is a good idea, to enjoy giving, to enjoy receiving, to celebrate together, meet up families together, enjoy our children, and to celebrate a little baby and the birth of hope once again." Said V Yule
All V Yule added was to suggest some ideas about how to make it less wasteful. If you dont like the ideas, then that is up to you.