How Do You Give A Meaningful Christmas Gift?
Maybe this holiday season some of us ‘need’ a new sweater. Others of us might ‘need’ another new bathrobe. As we know, there are those who are truly in need of things as basic as food or a place to live. So while shopping for that pair of gloves or slippers that may be the wrong color or that may not even fit, consider redefining Christmas this year. Here’s how: (Wait! Before you click out, hang in there for the next few steps; that’s where it gets interesting.) First, to curb some of the excess consumerism and spending at Christmas time, consider a name swap. Rather than everyone buying a gift for everyone else, each person will have but one recipient. (You’ll probably want to compromise for the youngest children in the family, but check with Santa on this.) Take this a step further by making the gift a charitable donation in the recipient’s name. The organization redefinechristmas.org makes this easy. Each gift-giver can even tailor the donation to a charity or cause the recipient is
