Was the Grinch the first Green Santa Claus?

I guess literally and metaphorically, he was. He took the gifts and decorations from the whos and thought he would stop Christmas from coming. Didn't matter, they had Christmas without all that. I know my family has tried to buy less "plasticrap" this year, and I think if everyone bought a little less and gave a little more it would be a win for the environment and our finances. And we wouldn't have to cancel Christmas.

Check this out for 20 ways to wrap your presents without waste. My personal favorite is the present inside of a sock. I'm a little unsure about the aluminum foil, but perhaps it's been used and washed and saved from the trash. I'm assuming there are already many people on the "green Christmas wrapping paper alternative" bandwagon, but if anyone has any ideas I'm sure there's room for some Greeniuses as well. I guarantee that in 5 years wrapping paper as we know it today will be drastically different.

I'd like to weigh in on the age-old green debate on which is better: real Christmas trees or fake Christmas trees. My response is that not having a tree is best. For those of us with wives and or children who must have a tree, I say go with a real tree from a local farm. If not, then you can be like my family and use the same fake tree for 10 years and counting. This is already being done, but I see huge potential in the Christmas tree rental business. They bring a tree in a pot to your house and you hang stuff on it and put your presents beneath it. On January 1 they pick it up and plant it somewhere. Can they make a Prius with a truck body so this part of it is greener?

Ed. Note: This Christmas edition of my green living post was originally entitled "I'm dreaming of a Green Christmas," until I noticed that there were no fewer than 12,400 blog posts or internet pages of the same title.

Ed. Note: This post was typed using ECO Font. Font with microscopic holes in it so that when printed it uses less ink. Please don't print this just to see it, because that would be wasting paper. Great idea though, don't you think?