Sustainable Minimalist Christmas

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Christmas can be a lovely time of the year, but it's also often a wasteful time. As a minimalist the commercialized Christmas as many people celebrate it, can be hard to deal with. When you try to live a more sustainable lifestyle all year it just doesn't feel right to be wasteful around the holidays. So in this video I'm sharing my tips on how to make Christmas a little bit more sustainable. I'm not claiming I came up with all these tips, this is just a collection of what I came across over the years and would recommend.
The topics I'm covering in this video are: exchanging gifts, decoration and food.
It's challenging to give advice about gift giving because it's super personal. So I'm giving advice based on what I would enjoy as a minimalist. I would suggest seeing if there are items you/the other person needs or want to replace. Consumables are also always a great gift. This can be food, but also shower or beauty products, books, donations, gift cards or subscriptions.
In terms of decorations, I don't have that much advice. I would recommend using what you have and if you need something new, see if you can find it second hand.
Christmasfood is really delicious and a big part of the festivities in many families. I would suggest to see if there can be a few vegetarian or vegan options on the table to have a lower impact and be kind to our animals :)
Portion control and making sure no food is thrown in the trash is a big impact you can have this Christmas.
With all that said, I think the most important thing is to focus on what Christmas is about for you, whether that's being with your family or something else. Don't focus on the extras around it so much.
I hope you enjoyed watching this video and I wish you a lovely holiday season ahead!

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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:58 Gifts/ Wishlist
9:08 Gift wrapping
11:26 Decorations
13:11 Food
15:37 Outro

Music:

[stephaniefemia]

👋🏼🇨🇦Hello from Ontario, Canada! New Subscriber here. Just wanna say that you and your channel are a breath of fresh air in an otherwise commercially oversaturated online landscape! The other “minimalist” channels I follow are constantly pitching “must-have” organizational products on Amazon, Walmart, Dollar Tree, etc. Thank you for being different — and reminding us what true minimalism and sustainable living looks like.❣️

[sashawilkinson]

For a few years now I told my family I no longer want to receive presents and I won’t be getting them any, so they don’t need to feel guilty about it. Not only does it save the planet and £££ but it takes the stress right out of Christmas so now I can put more effort into the meal and spending time with my family.

[flufftronable]

Always great to see you back, another great video ❤

[rachelleb]

Fijne kerst alvast Delala! Goed punt aan het einde vd video ( dat niet iedereen een leuke tijd heeft rond de feestdagen). Het blijft natuurlijk marketing 😅

[mehmetdogaguvendi]

Even though I am Muslim, I always celebrate Christmas as a new year. I should feel blissful, peaceful, joyful regarding this affair. Also, it is really crucial to know the real facts about sustainable minimalist Christmas. I customarily make those types of preparations in order to celebrate the new year with my beloved ones. I really savoured each excerpt of this video. Greetings from Turkey!

[alecb.]

As a Buddhist, I don't celebrate Christmas either. Gift giving rituals as a minimalist has been a evolving thing. I would prefer zero, but have landed on a compromise. Those close to me now know that I don't need anything material. And I tend to gift food and drink as presents.

[ernestinelander]

I would love to send you something from the USA.