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Or, use a plastic refrigerator box or a basket that the recipient can use later.<\/li>\n<li>To decorate a bottle, jar, or canister, make a miniature wreath of vines or use greenery to encircle the container.<\/li>\n<li>Give a healthy potted plant with instructions for its care.<\/li>\n<li>Give a toolbox with a small assortment of tools.<\/li>\n<li>Give gift certificates for food, flowers, sports, or entertainment.<\/li>\n<li>Wrap a gift in handkerchiefs or bandannas that will become part of the gift.<\/li>\n<li>Put a gift in a Christmas stocking or tote bag that becomes part of the gift.<\/li>\n<li>Wrap a gift in the sports page of the newspaper for the sportsperson, the cartoon pages for a child, or the stock quotations for a business person.<\/li>\n<li>Wrap a gift in plain brown paper and decorate it with greenery, your own personal artwork or pages from the children&#8217;s coloring book.<\/li>\n<li>Purchase wrapping paper made from recycled paper.<\/li>\n<li>Paste old Christmas cards on old shopping bags and use them to hold awkwardly shaped gifts.<\/li>\n<li>Use old maps or posters, leftover wallpaper, pages from old calendars, or old sheet music to wrap packages.<\/li>\n<li>Reuse wrappings, tissues, and ribbons from gifts that were received previously.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>GIFTS TO AVOID because they are endangered:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Furs<\/li>\n<li>Ivory<\/li>\n<li>Exotic plants<\/li>\n<li>Exotic birds, mammals or reptiles<\/li>\n<li>Tropical hardwood boxes, bowls, or carvings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When selecting gifts and wrappings, consider those that can be recycled. 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