[header] How to be earth friendly during the holidays [title] Decorate with recycled or handmade items instead of lights. [step] Make your own decorations instead of using plastic ones. Make wreaths for your door or decorative garlands for the tree using reusable or recyclable materials, like pinecones, paper, or popcorn, that you can recycle or mulch them after the holidays are over. 
[substeps] For reusable wreaths, tree, and house decorations, try making them out of scrap fabric, recycled paper, or old decorations you would have thrown away. [title] Switch from traditional lights to leds.