1. Use only LED lights for outdoor decorating. They use just 1/20th the energy of incandescent lights.

2. Don’t use inflatable decorations.Depending on size, they can use as much power as 6 CFL bulbs

3. Put all the lights you do use on a timer, that way they won’t stay on all night or at times when your not home.

4. Buy locally made organic wreaths or take a trip the woods and create your own wreath out of fallen greenery.

5. Shop local for gifts or make them yourself through upcycling.

6. Don’t buy battery-operated toys. You can make them yourself or purchase the many hand generated powered toys.

7. Choose items with minimal packaging. Wrap items in old magazines, newspapers that you decorate yourself. You can also wrap items in fabric as an extra gift.

8.Cut up some old Christmas cards and use those to make gift tags.

9. But local handcrafts or make your own, such as sweaters and scarves.

10. Overall, when it comes to the holiday season don’t go for that typical American ideal of “more,more, more” but rather start thinking of “less is more”. Make things more personal and you may just end starting new and eco-friendly holiday traditions of your own.

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