Why not have a Fair Trade Christmas?
What are YOU shopping for this holiday season? Whether you're looking for festive foods, gifts for family, friends and colleagues or even a little treat for yourself, you can do your shopping the Fair Trade way with Oxfam Ireland
Everyone has their favourite holiday foods - and we have great tasting goodies whose Fairtrade Mark certification means that the farmer has been paid fairly for their crop. Our Christmas Cake gets more and more popular every year - it's delicious, moist and sweet with Fairtrade fruit and sugar. Plus there are Christmas Tree chocolate coated biscuits, a chocolate Advent calendar, luxury chocolates and even little bags of specialty sweets in gorgeous handmade paper bags - perfect when you need a 'small gift' (or for yourself of course!).
Your home needs to be ready for the holidays and you can do it the Fair Trade way. Trim your tree with handmade decorations from around the world. The Oxfam Fair Trade shops have the largest selection of nativity sets around, so you're sure to find the perfect one. Plus there are bags for those large presents, tree toppers, holiday textiles and other décor to give your home that really festive feel. And don't forget Oxfam Christmas cards and wrapping paper!
The women on your list will love Fair Trade jewellery, handmade in India, Peru and Indonesia. Whether it's beadwork or something elegant in silver, there's a style for everyone. Or you could choose from handwoven scarves, bags in fabric and leather, purses, and great t-shirts. If she's into decorating, then there's a huge range of home décor in stone, wood, and ceramics - look for vases, frames, boxes, kitchen accessories and even gardening items.
Men are the most difficult to buy for - but Oxfam Fair Trade has gift ideas for them too! Whether it's a luxury alpaca scarf, a chess set, dominoes or key-ring there's something for dads, husbands and brothers. There's even wooden puzzles or games for the executive with too much time on his hands!
Christmas is for kids. And Fair Trade is for kids too with our selection of wooden toys from Sri Lanka which are handmade by artisans still struggling to recover from the 2004 tsunami. There's even Fairtrade certified footballs. If you're expecting a new arrival around the holidays, choose organic, Fairtrade certified baby clothes.
Call into one of the four Oxfam Ireland Fair Trade Shops (Dublin, Belfast, Cork and Galway) for more ideas - you'll be able to finish your shopping in one stop. And know that your purchase supports producers in some of the world's poorest countries. For real convenience, our best selling products are also available online at www.oxfamirelandshop.org
All products available at Oxfam Ireland Fair Trade Shops:
54 South King Street, Dublin 2
9 Lower Abbeygate Street, Galway
16 Rosemary Street (just off Royal Avenue), Belfast
18A French Church Street, Cork City
Contact:
Paul Dunphy, Oxfam Ireland Media and Communications Executive. Tel: 01 6350 422
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