If there’s one wasteful, materialistic Holiday tradition that I feel I couldn’t be without, it would be the late-Victorian tradition of sending greeting cards. I’ve liked to get and send Holiday Cards since I was a kid, and to this day I’m a little obsessive about this seasonal tradition. Not only does it give me […]
*Update* check out this NYT article about declining sales of cut trees… and be sure to look at the multimedia slide show!
Though it seems awfully Grinchy to bring up the issue, the question of the environmental cost of the christmas tree tradition is impossible to avoid as this time of year. Interestingly, of all the […]
It’s nearly noon on November 23, Adbusters’ official “Buy Nothing Day.” While this reminder to buy nothing is going up a little bit late, it’s not too late to participate in AdBuster’s “Buy Nothing Christmas” campaign!
Continuing with the Day of the Dead theme this year, I decided to make a pumpkin carved with flowers…
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Making candy skulls out of sugar is a Mexican tradition. According to internet sources, each skull is painted with the name of a deceased loved one, and then placed on the family’s “Day of […]
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