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Downsize & Get Rid of that Holiday “Stuff” – Friday Quickie

Ah, the holidays of gift giving have come and gone. We drank champagne at Midnight with loved ones and perhaps watched questionable men in dresses dance and sing on New Years Day.

Now what?

Have a gift sitting around your house unopened with no excitement anymore? Too busy playing with your iPad 2 to take down the Christmas Tree? (…which you can recycle this weekend, by the way!)

Keeping your life simplistic is great for your heart and planet. Try exchanging any gifts that you won’t use. If you get something new in the house, donate something that’s collecting dust. Plus, it’s a great New Years resolution and less cleaning! 😉

Readers, any gift or donating tales from the holiday?

 

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Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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