Free Christmas!

This year marks the first of a new movement.  A new revolution in the Christmas spirit.  One in which we focus less on the consumerism of the holidays and more to the sustainability of the earth.  A season in which Christmas gifts are not purchased, but rather reclaimed from their deaths.  This is the genesis of "Free Christmas."

Think of it as Free Tibet meets Freecycle.  A movement to save money and to relieve the land fill of a few more permanent guest.  This year, the wife and I made a conscious effort to not buy gifts for people.  This doesn't mean we aren't giving them, but it only means the gifts we find come from the side of the road, a dumpster dive, or our own creativity, sometimes a combination of all three. 

There is no searching for the newest and brightest gadget or knick-knack to fill a quota.  It's all coming from what we find.  Now I know this is not something new to the world, but the label is new.  Free Christmas.  Next year I hope to have a logo and some more ideas on it.  I just got swept away in the lack of Christmas Holiday this year and time ran out.  Plus, we are still in the experimental stages.  We must see the reaction and ease of this new movement.  But, stay tuned in as next year we take Free Christmas from out house to our city, then to the region, then state, then the universe...or something like that.   After the new year I'll post up some more information, that way surprises aren't ruined.  Find your own Free Christmas thoughts and share them with me.