School dinners top the Oxfam Unwrapped Christmas list
 Just a quick story we saw in The Guardian today - school dinners have topped this year's ethical Christmas shopping chart, according to the people behind the fabulous Oxfam Unwrapped catalogue. They've sold 89,000 £6 packs of 100 school dinners for Africa online and over the phone this year, beating last year's chart-topper, the ever-giving goat. More than 30,000 tree seed packs have also been sold - that's a whopping 1.5m trees. They've also shifted a fair few allotments (15,000) and donkeys (9,500). And all those figures don't even include the 1,000s of Oxfam Unwrapped sales made in Oxfam shops. It all marks a sharp rise in what is being called 'conscience shopping'...
Read the full story on The Guardian website >>
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In an age where so many people have got everything they want these seem like perfect gifts! They embody the true spirit of Christmas!
By G,
December 20, 2005 4:54 PM
Brilliant News Oxfam!
If only the £1.3 billion that was spent on "unwanted presents" went to "unwrapped presents"!
By Mrs Moo,
December 21, 2005 10:19 PM
Thanks Mrs Moo and Gareth! Have a great Christmas!
By ,
December 22, 2005 9:38 AM
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