It’s that time of the year when more plastic, paper, electricity, and trees are being put to waste; it’s Christmas! Not to say that all this material and energy saving isn’t going to a good cause because I think most of us can agree that making people happy is definitely a good cause. We all love unwrapping presents so that’s how wrapping paper goes to use, and plus Santa isn’t quiet the sustainable type.  Christmas light bring us all back to our childhood and leave us feeling happy. Now Christmas lights obviously waste energy what with the electricity being left on all night.  Trees are not only being cut down to decorate our homes, but sold artificially as well. Now this is destroying our environment fist hand; trees are literally being cut down! Along with all those trees come ornaments, which are mostly made out of plastic. Let’s not forget all the extra stock being created for all our Christmas shopping to go under our trees.

Obviously people aren’t going to stop wasting all this energy during Christmas, but it can all be cut down. I wish we would see more green Christmas products. Even better would be the use of recycle products. Ornaments can be made crafted creatively only using useless objects lying around the house.  Christmas lights can be turned on for a limited time at night. Making Christmas a greener time of the year can’t be that difficult.