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1. Christmas wrapping paper – just be careful when you unwrap presents on Christmas day, a little bit of care and you can reuse the same paper the next year. As well as help save paper this is a great way to save money too!

2.    Turkeys - Buy your Turkey from a local butcher that you know produces their own meat. This should be preferable over the big supermarkets that mass produce millions of turkeys each year. Buying locally will reinvest money into your local economy and more often than not the turkey will be organic or have been fed on natural feed –plus I guarantee it will taste better.

3.    Christmas Trees – Instead of taking your dead Christmas tree to the local dump you can reuse it for your household use. Depending on the size of the tree you can break the arms into chippings and use on your flower beds, using the main trunk as firelighters or small logs.

4.    Christmas lights – Instead of using the traditional Christmas fairy lights why not consider solar fairy lights? They run entirely on solar power and can be used outside as well, although they may not be as bright as normal Christmas lights they run in a close second!

5.    Cooking – When cooking your Christmas roast be sure to keep your lid on your saucepans, this will help the vegetables cook quicker and it will also help save you energy and money!