The Christmas season has been dubbed “an environmentalist’s worst nightmare” for good reason. ‘Tis the time of year when millions of trees are chopped down and megawatts of energy are fed to scintillating house lights.

“Most people don’t really think about how much energy is wasted,” said junior Evan Talkington. “I think it’s important for people to be aware that there are alternatives.”

Fortunately, there are small steps everyone can take to create a more eco-friendly holiday, as listed on Eco-Artware.com

The fresh, robust scent of live fir trees is often considered an indispensable part of household Christmas celebrations.
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Winter brings thoughts of Christmas trees, singing carols, and Santa Claus to many Americans. Most view American traditions as the only and correct way to celebrate the holidays, but many other traditions exist and are practiced worldwide.

Many nations practice some form of the Christian Christmas that is synonymous with America, but each country has different and diverse traditions that go along with their celebrations.

“In Venezuela we celebrate Christmas, but instead of Santa Claus, we believe Jesus brings the gifts,” senior Sophia Pottella said. “All the families get together for a feast just as they do in America.”
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• Find Christmas decorations in basement and put them out. Also, pull Christmas cards the family sent us out of trash can and put on display
• Hide Kurt Cobain poster so grandma doesn’t have a heart attack upon entering bedroom… on second thought, just tear down every poster in the room
• Find the creepy creepy snowman yard ornament the neighbor gave the family and put it out front
• Find new hiding place for little brother’s gift…closet underneath the stairs has been compromised
• Hide video camera so nothing embarrassing gets caught on tape and used as blackmail later
• Buy cookie ingredients—kitchen must smell like Christmas when family comes over
• Make sure wine cabinet is locked so Uncle Albert doesn’t get any ideas on Christmas Eve
• Dig out reindeer sweater set Aunt Aggie gave the family for Christmas last year…darn that Rudolf’s blinking nose
• Hide dad’s stamp collection so he doesn’t trap boyfriend with it for hours like last year
• Stock up on Febreze, the house will need a good spritzing of it after Great Aunt Josephine gets her funny smell everywhere
• Make sure boyfriend gets a haircut
• Ask neighbor to babysit cat while family is over so little cousins don’t pull tail
• Hide slide projector and karaoke machine to avoid hours of “family fun”