GIVING AND GETTING
Happy Boxing Day! In Great Britain, December 26 was referred to as Boxing Day as early as the 1600s, when wealthy employers would give their staff — who had worked Christmas Day serving the family — the following day off along with a holiday box. Nowadays, Boxing Day has become another day to shop, although for most of us, more “stuff” is the last thing we need. If the excess of your family’s holiday gifting is apparent as you look around your house, consider making a new Boxing Day tradition of your own. Try a version of this Mailing Box Challenge , where instead of recycling the mailing and gift boxes that abound during this season, we fill them with items to donate. Sounds like a feel-good idea with the added bonus of a post-holiday house clean-up.
SEEING GREEN
