Dreaming of a White Christmas? Consider a 'Green' One Instead

Christmas is a holiday full of joy and celebration. It can also be a time of consumption and stress on the environment. However, holiday shoppers and celebrants can easily reduce their carbon footprint this holiday season.

During a season in which more is often more, it can be a challenge to cut back in an effort to protect the planet. But scaling back gifts, food consumption and travel can be effective ways to go green this holiday season.
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Practice ATM Safety This Season

Those who use ATMs should understand that practicing safety when around the machine is essential any time of the year. However, it becomes even more important when the holiday season arrives.

While it's difficult to determine just how many ATM thefts occur each year, news reports indicate that thievery is growing -- even of the machines themselves. Enterprising individuals hook up devices to the machines to steal PIN codes and other pertinent information or simply wrap a chain around the ATM machine at convenience stores and make off in a pick-up truck with machine in tow.
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Make the Most of Shopping Online

While many people still find holiday shopping no walk in the park, those same people would likely admit that shopping for loved ones around the holidays has become much easier over the last decade. Much of that newfound convenience is a result of the ever-evolving Internet.

Once used primarily for e-mail and information gathering, the Internet has grown in leaps and bounds during the 21st century.
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Holiday Season Survival Tips

It's almost upon us -- the holiday season. During this hectic season, people take on more responsibilities and commit to more events and get-togethers than any time of the year. All of this extra work can put a strain on the body if the average person is unprepared. Surviving the holidays requires thinking of them as athletic activities and training for the work ahead.
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Workplace Gifting Dos and Don'ts

Exchanging gifts goes beyond friends and family members every year. Many coworkers exchange gifts come the holiday season. The rules that govern gifting workplace acquaintances may differ from those involved with gifting family.
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Turn Ho-Hum Holiday Greetings Into Ho, Ho, Hot Stuff

Holiday greetings are an annual tradition. The average person will mail out 28 cards to family and friends. Setting greetings apart from others with a personalized photo can make the holidays that much more unique.

Instead of sending the same, mass-produced boxed greeting card to everyone on a mailing list, individuals looking for a personalized way to say, "Happy Holidays" can keep in touch with a photo greeting. Not only does it spread holiday cheer, it shows out-of-town recipients just how much the family has grown during the past year.
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Devouring Fruitcake Facts

The holidays and fruitcake have long been intertwined. Fruitcakes are often mocked, detested and discarded. Few gifted foods create such strong derision. However, fruitcake is tradition. And as most people know, Christmas is all about tradition.

Fruitcake is an enduring tradition, most simply because the food, well, endures. Most fruitcakes will last 8 to 12 months if wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and stored in an airtight container. If frozen, their lifespan could be endless. Jokingly, many families have said fruitcake is the only food durable enough to become an heirloom.
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Con Artists Don't Take a Holiday Vacation

While most people are consumed with shopping for holiday presents, con artists are hard at work coming up with new ways to part individuals from a buck. Unsuspecting people could lose their holiday spirit if victimized by a scam.
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