http://www.unitingworld.org.au Connecting Communities For Life Sun, 29 Jan 2012 23:46:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.unitingworld.org.au/partners/country-and-community-profiles-2/kiribati/comment-page-1/#comment-3802 Living Happily Under The Mistletoe: Talking with our children about Christmas, overconsumption and consumerism « UnitingWorld Blogs Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:30:59 +0000 http://www.unitingworld.org.au/?page_id=573#comment-3802 [...] Children like making stuff to give as presents, so consider borrowing books that show you how to make nifty gifts out of recycled items.  Grandparents love getting paper mache spice racks and hand painted tile signs for their sheds!  Drag out last year’s Christmas wrapping paper and use it again (and again, Sam!).  Give an award for best present sourced from a second hand shop… use your imagination.  And talk together about how caring for the environment isn’t just about looking after God’s creation, but has a direct impact on people who are very vulnerable, living in drought (Tuvalu) or in low lying countries nearby (Kiribati). [...] [...] Children like making stuff to give as presents, so consider borrowing books that show you how to make nifty gifts out of recycled items.  Grandparents love getting paper mache spice racks and hand painted tile signs for their sheds!  Drag out last year’s Christmas wrapping paper and use it again (and again, Sam!).  Give an award for best present sourced from a second hand shop… use your imagination.  And talk together about how caring for the environment isn’t just about looking after God’s creation, but has a direct impact on people who are very vulnerable, living in drought (Tuvalu) or in low lying countries nearby (Kiribati). [...]

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