BH>I do with the leftover Christmas paper after it has been opened and
BH>shreded?
If you truly mean SHREDDED as in office-shredder, I'd pop it 
straight into the vermicomposter. There are probably some usable 
trace elements in the ink.
I try to discipline myself when opening presents, and open the 
paper slowly and carefully. Not too difficult, as I'm the only 
one who buys me presents, and I always know what is in them, so 
there's not the feverish excitement I used to feel. Slowly 
because I'm usually too cheap to buy me more than one, so I like 
to make it last. 
I flatten and fold the paper carefully and then use it throughout 
the year as funky gift-wrap for candles or jars of jam that I 
take with me on the rare occasions I get invited out to dinner. 
Small pieces look great when secured with an elastic band atop a 
jar of jam or pickled onions and trimmed to circular shape - 
you've seen those cute red-white check covers on preserves in the 
aromatic gift stores. The piece of decorative trim helps to 
"sell" the product. 
You could keep the small pieces of gift-wrap to record passwords 
and combination locks to pass to peeople, save you shouting 
numbers across the room and thereby developing a sore throat. You 
know what they say: "never lock a gift, hoarse in the mouth". 
christopher.greaves@ablelink.org     www.interlog.com/~cgreaves
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