Going Green On A White Christmas
As The Holiday Season is just a few days away, those seasonal décor that are leftovers in the classroom accumulate a large number of potential trash that could both harm the environment and downgrade the schools reputation as a environment friendly hub. Furthermore, as we lessen the trash and put it to good use you’d be saving up on money too.
A Sorting Guide On Keeping Your Classroom Holiday Leftovers to Good Use (Let’s Go Green)
As The Holiday Season is just a few days away, those seasonal décor that are leftovers in the classroom accumulate a large number of potential trash that could both harm the environment and downgrade the schools' reputation as an environmentally friendly hub. Furthermore, as we lessen the trash and put it to good use not only are we are benefiting the environment (especially in Lebanon) but also we’d be saving up on money too, this is because we can still use the same holiday leftovers for next year.
Whether you save them for different holidays throughout the year or the next school project, here’s a guide on how to sort them and save them until you need them:
Sort Leftover According to Color
We can all agree that in any school we have a large number of holiday leftovers this includes gift wraps, decorative embellishments and other décors placed in classes, corridors, and administrative rooms. Once separated by colors these decorations can be put to good use for different holidays throughout the year, for example, you use the red items for Valentine Day, yellow ones for Easter Holidays or you can even mix it up between red and green for Independence Day.
Sort Leftover According to Material
Different décors such as cardboard boxes, bubble wraps and other pieces give a whole new meaning to accomplishing your classroom activity or school projects. Robotics, Earth Day or even a Biology Activities easily utilize what’s left from the Winter season leftovers. When it comes to Robotics for instance; using cardboard allows you to build your model or even a miniature world for that model.
Keep that Leftover for Next Year
This year’s leftover decorations and wraps can become next year’s inspirational décor. When items are too Christmas-y to use for other projects, just stash them and use them to create next year's Christmas décor.
Recycling leftover holiday items sets the example for what going green is – and let’s not forget, it also saves you some money. So what are we waiting for, Let’s Go Green!
A Brighter Christmas ... A Heartening Message
The negativity of the season we're in can always be changed. Don't be discontent, be positive, what we are going through is just a part of life. Let us try to enjoy our Christmas season with our family and friends, let us give to others, and most importantly peak victory rather than defeat. We are the ones who can change and save ourselves from this never-ending drown. Don't let "they" bring you down, be positive!
On December 16, 2019, just a few days away from Christmas I decided to write this heartening message. Many might say that it isn’t the “right time” or that I should “…skip the sweet talk since the only world we live in is a world full of distress”. Well, something we can all agree on is that today, more than ever, negativity has manifested our homes, our conurbations, and sadly us. Negativity, a disease that maims the soul with feelings of futility and despair, is something that never departs. Many of us might face it once a day, twice, three times, every minute or even every second of our lives, it’s just there always. Its difficulties frustrate us and its challenges take us to dark places. And “they” who we sought for support … for a better life for us, our families, and everyone, have only detoured us. “They” have taken us to a place where defeat is a norm and pain is a virtue. No Food, No Job, No Money… There’s nothing left for us. Sometimes, we wonder if “they” have drowned us or we just let ourselves drown anyway. As the days of Christmas come nearer, what is there to remember; division, anger, resentment… nothing that can make a Christmas jolly anymore I guess.
Many suggest that we should forget about it, these negative thoughts, and try not to dwell in it any longer. For as much as we try to let it go, “they” will only come back for us, again and again. That’s why not dwelling is simply not enough. We’ve got to replace it, replace it with a positive thought; a happy moment, a memorable experience, stuff which we consider the little things in life. It’s easy to look back at defeat but hey come on you're still standing. You’re strong, healthy, blessed, and most importantly surrounded by love. Many assume that negativity is chasing us down and that if we had the choice we’d never want to go through them. None of us like it; difficulties, disappointments … from “they” or anything. However, you need to realize a truth which is that negativity is inevitable but moroseness is optional. You can choose to replace what is pushing you down, alternate and diverge your route somewhere where you can find a better moment shared with better people.
Push away worry and trouble, be at peace. Life is something seasonal: it blossoms and it withers. Don’t get stuck in the negativity of life, it doesn’t define you. Even in a fruitful harvest, you will always find weeds within it. The more you talk about negativity, the more you let them in. Be positive, speak victory, let “they” not defeat you.
Let us wish each of us a joyful Christmas, we should always remember to replace negativity with positivity, and most importantly create positiveness in other peoples lives as well. Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow is something we are all facing, it’s okay, be optimistic, don’t be discontent. While waiting for things to change, let us try to enjoy the season we’re in.
Merry Christmas everyone!
