唔好喺聖誕節前最後幾日被壓力同 to-do list 所吞噬。退一步，繼續保持簡單快樂。以下呢啲實用技巧將會幫助你減少花費，減輕壓力並同你所愛嘅人一齊享受更多嘅時間。
少即是多
大家通常會喺每年呢個時候忙碌於社交活動，但今年就因為疫情關係而變得唔同一樣。為咗安全起健，不妨將一啲活動推遲到農曆新年之後。你嘅朋友可能會喺心底裡默默感謝你！
待辦事項
唔需要自己做晒所有嘢。分派一啲工作，令屋企人分擔工作量：可能係意味住整食物、洗碗，甚至係揀選節日音樂加入去Spotify playlist。
重複使用
考慮發送電子卡或名信片，而唔係聖誕卡，因為佢哋相對較平。你可以回收舊年嘅聖誕卡嘅封面作為明信片，亦都可能會節省你寫嘅時間。
綠色力量
如果你有一棵真正嘅聖誕樹，請比佢飲大量嘅水令佢可以生存到新年！尤其係當你第一次將佢帶返屋企時。確保切割端長期喺水中，否則佢會“密封”自己，停止吸水並開始下垂。
自家製作
疫情之下，由於娛樂場所都關閉，好多人都會選擇去行山。行山時，可以留意並且搜集大自然嘅材料：用香草、樹葉同花製成花環。將絲帶綁上枯乾嘅樹枝上，再加入薰衣草或者茴香花以增加香味同色彩。
極簡主義
你可以減少購買、贈送同接收禮物嘅數量嘛？玩 Secret Santa 時，每個人只係送同收一份禮物。可以慳錢、慳時間同減少購物時嘅壓力。或者今個聖誕，我哋未必可以一齊出去玩，但係可以購買電子禮劵做禮物，環保之餘，又確保朋友會用嚟買自己嘅心頭好，唔駛怕唔知買乜好又或者買咗對方唔鍾意嘅嘢。
包起來
除咗重複使用包裝紙外，好多唔同物料都可以用嚟做包裝，睇下屋企入面有咩可以用？例如雜誌、產品包裝、甚至係環保袋作為替代品。
甜甜蜜蜜
朱古力係一種超級簡單嘅甜蜜禮物。亦可以自己 D.I.Y.! 只需要融化黑朱古力同白朱古力，然後倒薄薄一層喺托盤上。撒上切碎嘅堅果、枸杞、椰子碎、蕎麥粉或者甘蔗片。雪凍，包喺烘焙紙入面並用細繩捆紮，或者裝入去一個重新使用嘅乾淨罐或樽中，再添加一條絲帶。
餘下的愛
日日大魚大肉？Boxing Day早餐可以輕鬆有趣！用食剩嘅麵包同剩得嘅蛋酒同埋少少肉桂製成法式多士。用火雞肉、火腿或者三文魚整沙律、三文治同埋煎蛋餅。
節日之後
用紙箱保護同存放小型精緻嘅聖誕節裝飾品，留返出年再用。用衣架掛住聖誕燈會阻止佢哋糾結。
Don’t let the last few days before Christmas get eaten up with stress and an overflowing to-do list. Keep it merry, bright, and super simple, by paring back and letting go. These handy tips will help you spend less, stress less, and enjoy more time with the people you love.
LESS IS MORE
People are usually pretty busy juggling social commitments at this time of year. Consider that we are experiencing an unusual holiday this year because of the pandemic. Putting off some catch-ups till next year around Chinese New Year – as something to look forward to when it is safer to socialize. Your friends may silently thank you for it!
TO-DON’T LIST
Don’t feel you have to do everything yourself. Delegate a few jobs and let family share the load: whether that means cooking a dish, doing the washing up, or creating a Spotify playlist of festive tunes.
POST-MASTERY
Consider sending e-card or postcards instead of Christmas cards. They’re less expensive and cost less to send. You could also recycle the fronts of last year’s Christmas cards to use as postcards. Depending on how many you write, this is likely to save you time too.
GREEN DRINKS
If you have a real Christmas tree, help it last through to New Year by giving it plenty of water, particularly when you first bring it home. Make sure the cut end is always in water or it will ‘seal’ itself shut, stop drinking and start drooping.
TAKE A BOUGH
Under the current regulation, many of us would choose to hike, it is healthy and relatively safe to be out in nature. While you hike, watch out for materials that you could use to make a waste-free wreath, using herbs, leaves, and flowers. Woody-stemmed herbs like thyme, oregano, and rosemary tend to hold their shape and create a base for other, softer foliage. Collect ferns, dry branches, and dress them up with ribbons, then add lavender or fennel blossoms for fragrance and color.
MERRY MINIMALISM
Can you reduce the number of presents you buy, give and receive? You may buy your loved ones an e-gift card instead of an actual gift. That could save you from getting something that they might not like and end up going to waste. And operate a secret Santa scheme where each person gives and receives just one gift. You’ll save money, time, and reduce stressful shopping mall excursions.
WRAP IT UP
Skip gift-wrapping or re-using old packaging paper for gift wrap. Many other different materials can also be used for gift wrapping, such as magazines, carton boxes you received from online shopping, or environmentally friendly shopper bags could be some ideas for substitution.
SWEET SPOT
Chocolate bark is a super-easy sweet gift. Just melt dark or white chocolate and pour onto a flat tray until it’s a thin layer. Sprinkle over chopped nuts, goji berries, coconut curls, buckwheat puffs, or pieces of smashed candy cane. Refrigerate, wrap in baking paper and tie with twine, or repurpose a clean jar and add a ribbon. Sounds creatively delicious!
LEFTOVER LOVE
Boxing Day breakfast can be easy and fancy, by making French toast out of stale bread and leftover eggnog, with a pinch of cinnamon. Turkey, ham, or salmon work well in salads, sandwiches, and frittatas.
BOXING CLEVER
Make protective containers for small, delicate Christmas decorations and save them for neat year. And winding Christmas lights around coat hangers will stop them from getting tangled.
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