AIBU to wonder what needs to happen to cut down on Christmas waste?

[bbcessex]

Just had another Christmas here with extended family; really lovely couple of days, but tonnes of ‘token’ presents in addition to main presents; huge amount of food waste. Big pressure, lots of money spent, I feel, as always, we would have just as good a time without the friff.

I’ve seen lots of threads where people don’t want the excess, but the expectation / pressure on them to conform is immense.

I would LOVE to cut back and will begin to bring the family round to my way of thinking.

Does anyone else think the general public is starting to turn away from enforced & excessive consumption, and so, what needs to happen for it to catch on?

I feel like if people understood and accepted that a lot of gifting is done more for the benefit of the giver than the receiver then it would be easier to cut down on the amount of crap that gets given and people would just get things they actually want and need and a lot less would end up in landfill.

I agree that lots of gifts are given for the benefit of the giver.

I literally am pressured by extended family to come up with something that i ‘want’.

I’m quite happy to do presents for DC - but I now have a fridge full of cheese, pates, cream and other non-everyday foods, which yes, I will freeze or re-purpose, but I don’t actually want.