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Get Ready for White Elephant Parties This Season During the holiday season, it is commonplace to receive some excess and some, frankly, unique gifts.  Trying to decide what to do with some gifts that are not necessarily useful?  Try regifting these presents, a way to recycle presents and give them to someone else. What is regifting? Essentially, regifting is the process of giving a received gift to someone else.  This is also occasionally called "recycling a gift." In America, an unofficial holiday "National Regifting Day," takes place the week prior to the Christmas holiday. What about etiquette?  Is it polite or appropriate to regift? Ultimately, this is up to personal preferences.  Some individuals may feel uncomfortable regifting or recycling gifts received during the holiday season.  Others may feel this is a great way to give more gifts during the holiday season. What are some regifting do's and don'ts? Below, the Grady's GreenLiving Tips team comp...

What Holiday Materials can be Reduced and/ or Reused? Picture this: It is January 1, 2018.  The 2017 Holiday Season is officially over and done.  Gift bags, wrapping paper, and bows and ribbons are spread throughout the house.  Electronics boxes and toy packages is spread haphazardly in the family room.  Holiday decorations are still on display in windows and doorways.  Holiday meal leftovers are shoved in the refrigerator.  If this scene sounds familiar, try to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle this holiday season to better prepare for the 2018 holidays and practice GreenLiving techniques.  Recycle : The end of the holiday season can be a great time to practice some easy recycling techniques.  Separate all of the gift wrapping and packaging components to determine what can be recycled.  Remember, Styrofoam packaging material and shiny or glittery wrapping paper cannot be recycled.  Cardboard boxes should be broken down and recycled. Reuse : Af...

GreenLiving Tips for the Holiday Season Planning to give or receive gifts this holiday season?  Remember to practice GreenLiving ideas when shopping for and/ or preparing to give gifts.  Several green gift techniques include: 1) Bring Re-usable Bags : If shopping for presents in department stores and/ or malls, remember to bring re-usable bags or leftover plastic bags instead of receiving a new, wasteful, plastic bag.  Plastic bags can take more than 100 years to decompose in landfills. 2) Save Gas and Shop Online : Want to skip long lines and preserve the environment?  Save on gas and complete holiday shopping online.  If shopping in stores are preferable, try to utilize public transportation, such as a bus or train.  3) Donate Instead : Instead of a traditional gift, donate money in someone's name as their gift for the holidays.  This memorable gift will save time and resources. 4) Consider Several Options : If trying to focus on GreenLiving this hol...