The latest in news, trends and happenings for the home this Christmas, with CW Home editor, Abbey Halter.

Christmas dining with IKEA

IKEA Canberra are keen to share some Christmas cheer with a festive dining experience. On Friday 9 December, the big-box store at Majura Park will be hosting a range of holiday activities including lucky door prizes and Christmas craft workshops along with a three-course dining experience with a Swedish twist. Enjoy the iconic IKEA meatballs, classic turkey roast with cranberry and orange stuffing, a sweet Daim cake, Christmas plum pudding, sweet potato gratin, buttered carrots, and Kalles Kaviar for $25.

Tickets available via the IKEA website.

Set the festive mood

Hosting Christmas dinner this year? One way to set the festive mood around the dining table is with Arty Bub’s new Christmas tree candle collection. Available in snow white, sage green, and cherry red, all with their own signature and festive scents.

Available at www.artybub.com

Cut down on Christmas waste

Around 81 per cent of Australians are concerned about the amount of waste involved in Christmas, according to a report from Crowd.DNA. Care Australia reported we use an excess of 150,000km of wrapping paper – enough to go around the earth almost four times – and around five million tonnes of food is sent to landfill. Taking the crown as the worst offenders are packaging, food and present waste, and single-use plastics. One way to cut down during the ‘most wasteful time of year’ is to opt against plastic packaging when online shopping and sending gifts by using Hero Packaging, designed to decompose instead of sitting in landfill. So far, the company estimates they’ve saved around 15 million plastic mailers entering waste streams across the globe.

“You don’t need to go to extremes like cancelling Christmas to save the environment,” says co-founder Anaita. “But you can put in more effort to consume mindfully and ethically – and that starts with choosing to go plastic-free where possible. By taking one step at a time with small things like swapping your plastic bag for a compostable mailer, we can collectively make a big difference to our planet.”

Available at www.heropackaging.com.au  

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