Hold onto your wallets, it’s getting close to that time of year.

Christmas.

Before I go into why I’m starting to panic about Christmas (and that can wait for another day), first it’s time to open again my Christmas Card Challenge, following on last year’s successful one.

For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about, I do my Christmas Card greetings via email instead of sending it in the post. This is my small contribution to negating the paper waste that is so prevalent at this time of year. It goes like this:

1) Every family and friend member who has an email address will receive the email. The unused postage fee gets donated to the fundraiser.

2) For every person who has left me a comment on this blog since last Boxing Day, I will donate the unused postage to the fundraiser. I will also send them a copy of the e-card via email.

This is because I highly value and appreciate every comment made here on the blog, even if I don’t get to reply to every single one. This is my thanks.

3) Then on Christmas Eve (Australian Time) I will send out the e-cards with the grand total of money raised on it.

If you decide to start a similar project, please let me know. I would love to hear how you tackle the challenge, and what charity you are donating to.

My Charity: Money raised this year will be added to the total amount that will go to my 2009 Profits Promise: MND Australia (in memory of my father, who this time last year had only just been diagnosed) and Autism Spectrum Australia (ASPECT) to support families touched by Autism. 

Let’s see how much money we can raise – and trees we can save – this year.

Thanks again to Veronica who made the button last year for me.