The more commercial Christmas gets year by year, the more there is a tendency to only focus on yourself and your immediate circle in terms of gifts, treats, parties, and everything that we get to enjoy over the festive period. However, something that I think it really important to remember at this time of the year is that not everyone is as lucky as you might be. It’s always nice to try to do something for other over Christmas. Here are fifteen /*ways to give back in the holiday season**.
1 Make Sure to Maximise Your Purchasing Power by Being Mindful of Where and How You Spend Your Money. Lots of Different Stores, Banks and Credit Card Companies Participate in Charity Donations to Non Profits, All through You Spending What You Would Be Spending Regardless
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2 Before You Start Prepping for Your Own Christmas Dinner, Spend a Couple of Hours Making Something Simple but Hearty to Give out to the Homeless in Your City
3 Whilst You Are Using Your Credit Card to Get Your Festive Purchases Done, Spend Some Time Looking down the Couch and in Drawers for All Your Spare Change. Donate This Change to a Local Food Bank or Shelter
4 Do a Spring Clean Style Clear out of All the Things in Your Home. You Are Going to Be Getting a Bunch More Gifts in a Few Days, so Give Away Things You Don’t Need or Use to Charity
5 If You Can’t Get out of the House Due to Being so Busy Preparing, then You Can Always Make an Online or by Phone Donation to a Charity
6 When You do Your Big Christmas Shop, Buy a Couple Extra Cans of Food and Drop Them off at the Nearest Food Bank
7 If You Have an Energetic and Friendly Dog, Make an Organised Visit to a Local Care Home to Give the Residents There a Furry Festive Surprise
8 If You Are Making Brownies or Cookies for Everyone at Home, Just Double the Recipe and You Will Have a Batch Ready to Give out to the Neighborhood
9 If You Can’t Donate Money, then Donate Your Time Instead. There Are Plenty of Christmas Related Volunteering Positions to Take up
10 Don’t Just Think about Food and Toys for Shelters. Some of the Things They Actually Need the Most Are Various Different Toiletries and Sanitary Products
11 Do Some Research in O Whether Your Employer Does Charitable Donation Matching at This Time of Year. You Can Make Double the Difference if They do
12 Start Your Charity at Home by Offering Some Services to Family Members Who Might Need Something. Babysitting Your Nieces and Nephews to Give a Sibling Some Much Needed Time off, Something like That!
13 Be a Good Neighbour to Those Who Live near to You, Especially Making an Effort to Check in on the Elderly
14 When You Have a Spare Minute, You Can Make a Huge Difference by Popping out to Give Blood
15 Help out Whole Classrooms of Kids by Buying Some Stationery in Bulk for Your Local School. Not All Families Can Afford to Fill up Their Kids’ Pencil Cases
