Organic Christmas Gift & Presents for all the Family

Don’t we all know it - Christmas is fast approaching and the chaos of splashing out on gifts for family, friends and colleagues is still often seen to be a really negative experience at this time of the year. Just think about the words we use to describe frantic Christmas shopping – “mad rush”, “flat out”, “beat the crush” – not to mention the effect on your credit card and bank balance! It’s easy to get weighed down at this time of year – not just with bulging carrier bags, but the frustration, tiredness and brain-achingly difficult task of buying christmas gifts for several people all at the same time!

It’s all too easy to lose sight of the main reason we endure all this feverish consumerism, and get sucked into the bright lights, teetering displays and attractively packaged gift sets cramming the shops at this time of year.

What this is really all about – is about the precious act of giving and receiving gifts, not necessarily the physical, “hard” variety, but the actual emotional reasons for giving a present to someone we care for - giving them a special thank you in the form of something you’ve picked especially for them .

As Charles Dudley Warner said, “the excellence of a gift in its appropriateness rather than in its value.” Nothing could be further than the truth – sometimes we get so hung up on the monetary cost of the gift we’re giving, especially when it comes to giving vouchers and cash, that it’s easy to forget who we’re buying for! And it’s not about how much you spend, as Granny used to say, “it’s the thought that counts” – something Shakespeare poetically summarised 500 years ago in his play The Tempest, when he said “rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.”

Staggeringly, well over £1bn will be spent on unwanted gifts this festive season – and we would hazard an educated guess that the bulk of these are “impulse buys” – rushed choices guided more by advertising, point of sale displays, monotonous nagging from kids and teens, incessant TV ads and the sheer pressure of having to choose, wrap and distribute gifts to the world and his wife (or her husband!) every year!

So before you take yourself, your credit card and your sanity into the mad world of the high street, just take a moment and consider what it is you’re really buying – and buying into. Every gift is a message from you to the one you love, or like, live, play or work with…. an extension of you and your personality and the item itself and the message it gives should last a lifetime – rather than be discarded into landfill or brushed aside from the recipient.

Whatever you choose, remember to select carefully, give and of course to receive – with love…..

Our pick of our very best products this festive season:

For Women: Raw Gaia chocolate face pack, Zoya nail polish collections, Inika vegan lipgloss pack, BAM bamboo shrug, Charme French fair-trade organic cotton lingerie, pink Eco mini fridge

For Men: Eselle Organics men’s wellness pack, Green People organic shaving kit, BAM long sleeve T-shirt, BAM bamboo socks, Pure Move Eco Plus compact DAB radio

For Children: Recycled cardboard play rocket, fortress and playhouse, Solar powered helicopter, BAM bamboo bath robes, BAM bamboo combat jeans, dungarees and pinafore dresses

And last but certainly not least – order some organic beers, vegan wines, spirits and even champagne for your parties and celebrations this festive season!

Eco Friendly Christmas Gift Ideas

What do you get a loved one who spends most of their time up a mountain, on safari, out on location or generally miles away from home? It would be lovely to get them something really useful to make sure they can stay in touch with you come what may. Well we’ve found the most fabulous gift that will blow there socks off as well as yours too!

It’s a completely must have travel accessory and totally eco friendly!

In this day and age it’s important to be able to stay connected through phone or laptops, and the gadgets we take with us, require so much juice that it’s difficult to be far away from an electrical socket for long. That’s why we totally love the Solar Gorilla and Power Gorilla by Power Monkey. The first – Solar Gorilla - allows you to charge just about anything just using the power and energy from the sun and the second ( the Power Gorilla can be charged up by the Solar Gorilla or the Mains for added power to keep all your mobiles, iPods, PDA’s and laptops charged wherever you are.

Proof is in the pudding as Award Winning Photographer Nick Garbutt recently informed the Power Monkey Team about his amazing 4 weeks trip he used the Solar Gorilla and Power Gorilla for 4 weeks to run his computer without the need for a mains charge!

Not only have we got these fab items in store now, but we also have the Solar Monkey, a smaller solar powered charger just for all your handhelds that even works if the sun isn’t shinning so hard! And we have the Extreme Eco Torch which provides emergency charge for your phone and instant light all without batteries!

Hope you love it as much as I do, imagine how much electricity you’ll save.

For even more eco friendly gifts and gadgets visit buyOrganics.

Love
Sonia x