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Tips For Using Environmentally Friendly Christmas Decorations

Your holiday decorations can be environmentally friendly and energy efficient. Christmas is almost here so it is time to hang up the Christmas lights and put your house in a festive mood. There are lots of different holiday light options you can choose from. Here are a few ways you can decorate your home and still be green.

Use fresh Christmas decorations: You can make your home festive with fresh evergreen wreaths and other winter plants like holly trees and poinsettias. Green decorations are biodegradable, won’t end up in a landfill and add an sophisticated touch to any home’s decor. There are lots of holiday decorations that don’t use electricity at all.

Use light-emitting-diode Christmas lights: You can save up to 50% on your energy costs for Christmas lights if you switch to LED lights. Some home improvement stores are trying out Christmas decoration trade-in programs to help entice people to change to LED holiday lights. But be mindful, LED lights aren’t always a great deal. LED (light-emitting-diode) Christmas lights cost a little more new but they offer large energy savings over incandescent light bulbs.

Reuse decorations you already have: One of the best ways to save money is to go shopping in your own closets! By reusing holiday decorations again and again you are keeping lots of plastic out of your local landfill and being wise about using resources. Try to avoid purchasing all new holiday lights each season.

With a little planning you can decorate for Christmas and still be environmentally friendly. As long as your Christmas lights are in adequate shape it should be safe to decorate with them all year. Remember that your choices now can be a great gift for tomorrow’s generations. Many of these environmentally friendly decorating tips will put more cash in your pocket that you can spend on holiday gifts!

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