Christmas eve

[watervole]

 Oswin's stocking is now filled.  Managed to do all of it with:

1. Things bought in charity shops

2. Things donated on the local freecycle group.

3.  Second-hand books bought online.

4. A clementine and a persimmon (because having a tiny orange of some kind in the toe of the stocking is obligatory)

5.  Some little gifts sent by my friend Julia (who is an unofficial auntie).

 

I'm betting she's going to enjoy most of the above. 

 

Her main present - at her request - is a donation to 'Trees for Life'.  She may be only nine, but she's very aware of climate change and the collapse in biodiversity and what that may mean for her generation...

 

We try and avoid expensive presents, with the exception of board games.  The aim is for low environmental impact, and not creating a need to be endlessly exchanging gifts.

Comments

[ranunculus]

No gifts here this year. Well, except for Donald gifting me with a new phone. I'm selling the old one so it won't just go to waste.
I really like the idea of wrapping presents in fabric, and using the same fabric for years. I had no idea until very recently that there was something called furoshiki or the Japanese art of folding cloth around an object.

[watervole]

We're rarely that creative. Oswin's (second-hand) present from her parents came wrapped in a duvet cover! But it was pretty large.

[ranunculus]

I actually thought of you when this idea was brought to my attention. As far as I can see it is a good, reusable and ultimately compostable idea. Much of the folding seems pretty basic. The Japanese tradition involves cotton or silk fabrics.
If Oswin got a present that was big enough to be wrapped in a duvet cover... Bicycle?

[watervole]

Second hand campervan for a foot high doll.

[ranunculus]

Mind boggles. Ok, I didn't know such a thing existed.

[watervole]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256325957179?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&customid=Cj0KCQiA1rSsBhDHARIsANB4EJbzSvn0n_HxPDmSu4YXmhtHyaeHag8ea2AuSGzSJt0lPmYDVgMzqNEaAlXNEALw_wcB

and
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176034304270?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338268676&toolid=10044&customid=Cj0KCQiA1rSsBhDHARIsANB4EJaefA1Rnj3RfXiDenvJJOmjPNCaaOygnq_L9GSu-gY5zcJx6yyb5gwaAjRiEALw_wcB

I'm still wondering how much she'll actually play with it....

[vera_j]

Lovely and very thoughtful!

[watervole]

Thanks. (and thanks for the card and the lovely magic wishes in it!)