Green Holiday Tip #10: Spend Time, Not Money

Spent all your money but still have a few people on your list?  Try a different currency – time.

Having a birthday near Christmas, I remember a few years where I wished that my siblings would hang out with me on my birthday rather than spend time that day searching for a gift for me.  Often, time is better than money.  Here are some ideas of things to do for someone, or with someone, in lieu of a physical gift.  Time is the gift, and there’s no waste in that.

Do Something Nice FOR Someone

• Repair or give their bike a tune-up.
• Make handmade gifts.
• Offer to babysit.
• Build a bookshelf from reclaimed wood.
• Surprise them with breakfast in bed.

Do Something Nice WITH Someone

• Have a tea party.
• Bake cookies.
• Go sledding or xc skiing somewhere new.
• String popcorn or cut out paper snowflakes.
• Go for a nature walk in the woods.

What ideas do you have?