This is an update for those of you that live in the US and may be interested in alternative gifts.  Brad of ‘The Sound of a Soft Breath’ very kindly left a link to the same sort of ‘World Vision’ scheme that’s running in the US.
Thank you so much Brad

With Christmas coming very soon, I thought that I would post about this great ‘World Vision Gifts’ idea.
Instead of receiving lots of gifts that you don’t really want or need.  Gifts that will probably end up in the back of a drawer or cupboard until next year, when you can pass them on to other [...]

In the words of a very old Tom Paxton song…..‘Peace, we need peace.  Let it begin with me’
I am posting three different versions of this song - one on each of my blogs.
Just click the orange triangle to listen.
Joan Baez - Imagine
The others are here, and here
For more peace globes go here