Christmas – the season of goodwill, turkey, tinsel and general over-indulgence. Except that is, if you work at the Guardian. With just two days to go until Christmas day, the paper has produced a late contender for most Grauniad article of the year.
Writing for the paper, Saskia Sarginson shares her Christmas dilemma: can one permit traditional indulgences when ‘they seem at odds with the world we live in today’? Sarginson’s environmentally-conscious children have changed her perspective on Christmas traditions:
‘My children have no desire to hark back to something that is gone, and I see their point that traditional indulgences seem at odds with the world we live in today. I will always cherish my memories of Christmases past, but it is a relief not to try to relive them.’
Based on their suggestions, here is a three-point plan to putting on a Guardian-friendly Christmas:
- Forget tree – decorate a branch
Given that it is not environmentally friendly to fell a tree ‘for such a frivolous purpose’, you could be forgiven for thinking an artificial tree is the answer.
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