We switched and now almost everybody has, especially when it comes to Christmas lights. LED lights are cooler and cheaper to run than old-fashioned incandescent decorations, but some people are unhappy about the chilly "underwater" glow they give to everything, almost as if whole neighborhoods are inside an aquarium.
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Don’t stand in long store lines this year, shop in your closet instead. Maybe "regifting" (giving someone a present that you’ve received and don’t want) is the best way to go this Christmas, when budgets are tight and recycling is the thing to do. Because it’s not how YOU feel about the gift you give that counts, it’s how the person who RECEIVES it feels and research shows that when they’re asked to recall a gift they’ve received, they had no more memory of the expensive gifts than they did of the modest ones, meaning it truly IS the thought that counts. read more
In 2010, Anne Strieber posted a diary in which she said that there are 3 kinds of Christmas and we can celebrate one of them, two of them, or all three (NOTE: Subscribers can still listen to this show).
She decided she wants to celebrate the Christmas of giving and if you do too, NOW is the time to act–orders that have the best chance of arriving before Christmas need to be placed by Thursday, December 15.
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Yes, the giving season is here again, and this year, we have TWO wonderful and totally unique suggestions for Christmas presents to give to your loved ones.
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