Cow’s aren’t on the menu, but check out Oxfam Unwrapped – It’s a
Christmas gift catalogue that really makes
a difference. Why not buy a brood of chickens
or a travelling
theatre for your greedy instant-gratification crazy family (or self)
this Christmas? These unusual, but very practical gifts, will help people
overseas help themselves… Very Bono, I know- although it’s very clinical and
resembles the Apple
Store, this online wonder is full of good will and provides an easy
and fast (overall honest) way to give a meaningful
gift to both those who have too much and those who have less than little. I’ve
gone for the chickens and tree saplings – after watching The Two Towers tonight
I felt an urge to say sorry to all those twigs I’ve carved into weapons or
needlessly chopped down for my own
warmth.

It
takes a long time to say something in Entish,
and we never say anything
unless it’s worth taking a long time to
say.

Wise
words if only I could adhere to them.

No, don’t have a cow- buy something more useful for
your family this Christmas, say a goat? A brood of chickens, emergency shelter-
how do 10 Oxfam buckets sound? So, I’m last minute Christmas shopping over at
Google… unbelieving in the steep prices of – well to be honest – tat. So, I
remember what my good friend’s mother has bought for the family this year, a
goat. There’s a catch – goats bode none too well in the leafy built-up towns of
outer-Cambridgeshire the goat is purchased by your good self and the money (and
good will) is sent to those who need it – who will receive the physical goat.
It’s a Christmas gift that really makes a difference. Why not buy a brood of
chickens or a travelling theatre? These unusual, but very practical gifts, will
help people overseas help themselves… I’ve gone for tree seedlings and the
pack of chickens, I hope they don’t deliver them in
cellophane…