Simplify Magazine, a wonderful quarterly magazine directly connected to the world of minimalist Joshua Becker and his fantastic website, posted this little photo with the perfect words. It was this:
This list is essentially what I strive to become a little more of every year.
And this year, I'm giving three (or four) different vintage gifts to family members, that were very much thrifted! They're secondhand gifts, but there is nothing second about them.
When it comes to unique gift-giving, give thrift stores a good look (you will need to go many different times, not just one time, as new merchandise comes in daily to these shops).
It takes time to find "that perfect" secondhand hand gift, but trust me, visit thrift stores often enough, and you will find what you're looking for. There is something out there for everyone on your list and you don't have to spend a fortune.
Baking is one of the best things about the Christmas season. I hope to make a couple of special treats and give them as gifts and offer them at our Christmas Eve dinner.
If you're looking for experiences of the season that are free, take a walk in your neighborhood and look at Christmas lights, go to a craft fair, or make desserts, and give them to your neighbors.
Have a simple, real, secondhand, homemade, local Christmas this year. Forget the malls, forget the Christmas sales, forget brand new merchandise that will be old a few weeks from now.
Focus on family, togetherness, and making the very most of what you already have. The value of that is beyond what money can buy. The value of those gifts revolves around love. And love, well, that lasts forever.
Merry Christmas, my minimalist friends.
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