{"id":195,"date":"2009-11-02T08:42:22","date_gmt":"2009-11-02T02:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=195"},"modified":"2013-11-10T18:14:47","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T23:14:47","slug":"start-a-new-holiday-tradition-clutter-free-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/start-a-new-holiday-tradition-clutter-free-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"Start a new holiday tradition: Clutter free gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Each year we really want our holidays to be special.\u00a0 Purchasing just the right gift, being sure it arrives on time, wrapping it, and\u00a0budgeting for all the gifts can all be overwhelming,\u00a0paralyzing and most especially not in the spirit of the season.\u00a0 Is it time to rethink gift giving and simplify? \u00a0Start a new holiday tradition with clutter free gifts for your family and friends.<\/p>\n

Our family is moving to the next step of gift giving. We are going to share in the fun of creating our Delap Family Cookbook. Everyone contributes recipes for this.\u00a0 We\u00a0 will print it and share it with the spirit of the season.<\/p>\n

For our grands, we are giving memberships to the Houston Children’s Museum\u00a0\u00a0 www.cmhouston.org<\/a> \u00a0and Houston Zoo\u00a0 www.houstonzoo.org<\/a>.\u00a0 It is all about the experiences we will share as we go together to these places.<\/p>\n

So here are some other conscious consumerism ideas. What creative and fun ideas will your family share this holiday?<\/p>\n

www.buynothingchristmas.org<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/familyfun.go.com\/christmas\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/budget101.com\/christmas.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.soundmoneymatters.com\/homemade-christmas-gifts\/<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.momswhothink.com\/christmas\/homemade-christmas-gifts.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Make some yummy treats<\/a> to share with your friends and family too!<\/p>\n

Ellen\u2019s Banana Bread<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00bd c oil<\/span><\/p>\n

1 \u00bd c sugar<\/span><\/p>\n

1 t salt<\/span><\/p>\n

1t baking soda<\/span><\/p>\n

4 T milk<\/span><\/p>\n

2 beaten eggs<\/span><\/p>\n

3 very\u00a0 <\/span>ripe bananas mashed<\/span><\/p>\n

2 c flour<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mix all together n electric mixer in the order given. Bake in 2 loaf pans sprayed with Baker\u2019s Joy.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.\u00a0 <\/span>Freezes well! <\/span><\/p>\n

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  Each year we really want our holidays to be special.\u00a0 Purchasing just the right gift, being sure it arrives on time, wrapping it, and\u00a0budgeting for all the gifts can all be overwhelming,\u00a0paralyzing and most especially not in the spirit of the season.\u00a0 Is it time to rethink gift giving and simplify? \u00a0Start a new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,76,9],"tags":[114,107,109,106,108,105,116,115],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-organizing","category-financial-organizing","category-organizing-skills","tag-banana-bread","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-budget","tag-conscious-consumerism","tag-gifts","tag-holiday-gift-giving","tag-holiday-recipes","tag-holiday-traditions"],"yoast_head":"\nStart a new holiday tradition: Clutter free gifts - 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