It shouldn’t come as a surprise that I advocate shopping locally, sustainably and with character for the holidays.
That is, if I advocate for shopping at all. I really am not a shopper, especially as my current situation doesn’t provide the excess cash or storage space such a pastime requires.
In all honesty though, I do give Christmas gifts, and in recent years I’ve striven to make that practice fit with my year ’round attempts to be a responsible consumer.
Happily, this year, that ideal is going to be quite a bit easier.