Comments on: Your Guide to Local Holiday Shopping http://www.makingthishome.com/2008/11/29/your-guide-to-local-holiday-shopping/ creating a simple, handmade home Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Michelle http://www.makingthishome.com/2008/11/29/your-guide-to-local-holiday-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Michelle Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:20:07 +0000 http://www.makingthishome.com/?p=468#comment-725 What a great article! This year for my birthday, my husband and I received tickets to see local plays. The gingerbread class sounds like fun! ;) What local gift would you like for Christmas? What a great article! This year for my birthday, my husband and I received tickets to see local plays. The gingerbread class sounds like fun! ;)
What local gift would you like for Christmas?

]]> By: Christy http://www.makingthishome.com/2008/11/29/your-guide-to-local-holiday-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-721 Christy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:48:55 +0000 http://www.makingthishome.com/?p=468#comment-721 I love your local gift ideas! The line, clothes made to fit, amazing, is so true! Another great, thought-provoking post! Thank you! I love your local gift ideas! The line, clothes made to fit, amazing, is so true! Another great, thought-provoking post! Thank you!

]]> By: Grammy http://www.makingthishome.com/2008/11/29/your-guide-to-local-holiday-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Grammy Sun, 30 Nov 2008 06:46:43 +0000 http://www.makingthishome.com/?p=468#comment-717 Bravo, Great post. It is amazing how hard it is to find local and organic in the middle of farm land. You have to grow your own. Even the Mennonites are not selling local organic. The are Mo local but not in town local. They also sale out of date food. So it is not truly safe and healthy. Bravo, Great post. It is amazing how hard it is to find local and organic in the middle of farm land. You have to grow your own. Even the Mennonites are not selling local organic. The are Mo local but not in town local. They also sale out of date food. So it is not truly safe and healthy.

]]> By: Tanja http://www.makingthishome.com/2008/11/29/your-guide-to-local-holiday-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-713 Tanja Sat, 29 Nov 2008 18:27:24 +0000 http://www.makingthishome.com/?p=468#comment-713 I have a great one! My husband and I support the World Vision organization through which we buy cows, chickens, goats...(take your pick) to the poor people in Africa but the way it works is that you buy the chickens for your "wealthy" friend here in the US and he/she gets notified that he/she just purchased couple of chickens to a family in a poor country in Africa. Do you get it? It's kind of hard to explain. you can find more info right here : http://www.worldvision.org/ This really is the most selfless way to give and it is contagious because it makes your friend to think about those things... I have a great one!
My husband and I support the World Vision organization through which we buy cows, chickens, goats…(take your pick) to the poor people in Africa but the way it works is that you buy the chickens for your “wealthy” friend here in the US and he/she gets notified that he/she just purchased couple of chickens to a family in a poor country in Africa. Do you get it? It’s kind of hard to explain. you can find more info right here :
http://www.worldvision.org/

This really is the most selfless way to give and it is contagious because it makes your friend to think about those things…

]]> By: Jenna http://www.makingthishome.com/2008/11/29/your-guide-to-local-holiday-shopping/comment-page-1/#comment-712 Jenna Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:07:08 +0000 http://www.makingthishome.com/?p=468#comment-712 Isn't it crazy that the imports are so frequently less expensive than the local products? It really drives home that there are people out there who are not getting a fair wage. But in today's economic climate it is definitely something that you hear as an argument for why people can't go local... of course, we could argue that we should stop being such a consumerist society and just give less too! But I don't think that will ever be an option for my mother (whose motto has always been the more presents, the better!). Isn’t it crazy that the imports are so frequently less expensive than the local products? It really drives home that there are people out there who are not getting a fair wage. But in today’s economic climate it is definitely something that you hear as an argument for why people can’t go local… of course, we could argue that we should stop being such a consumerist society and just give less too! But I don’t think that will ever be an option for my mother (whose motto has always been the more presents, the better!).

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