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Creating New Christmas Traditions
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y this time last year, most of our expatriate Members would have booked their flights home for Christmas. But for reasons that need no explaining, this is a year like no other. Since Christmas is likely to be less hectic without the travel, it’s a great time to start some new festive family traditions. Here’s some celebration inspiration. GIFTING IS SHIFTING While COVID-19 made us all tighten our belts (and possibly let them out if you’ve been overdoing the comfort eating), ‘buying less and buying better’ was becoming the new norm long before the pandemic hit. Thanks in part to Greta Thunberg, good parenting and great teachers, young people around the world are waking up to the pointlessness and the perils of mindless consumption. If you have older kids who are aspiring to living more sustainably, obviously your gift-giving choices
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should support their personal ethics. However, if you have younger kids who still almost burst with barely contained excitement at the sight of multiple gifts under the tree, why not start implementing the ‘four gift rule’? Buy them: Something you want, something you need, something to wear, and something to read We cannot claim originality here. (It’s actually been trending on social media for almost a decade.) But we think it’s a great idea. It
While COVID-19 made us all tighten our belts (and possibly let them out if you’ve been overdoing the comfort eating), ‘buying less and buying better’ was becoming the new norm long before the pandemic hit.
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