Another simple and obvious tip is to use gifts that are already recycled: "shop at antique stores, holiday bazaars and thrift shops; someone's trash may be someone else's treasure."

Children's Fair in Larchmont It is the time for holiday bazaars.

A holiday bazaar to benefit Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, a social services organization, will open with a preview party tonight at 6.

The annual holiday bazaar opens on Wednesday with a preview party and live and silent auctions.

A holiday bazaar will run from 2 to 8 P.M. Tickets: $15; $10 for students and the elderly.

There will be a holiday bazaar, and the houses will be for sale: (203) 758-9557.

It has already been used for art exhibitions and holiday bazaars and is often rented 'ut for fancy benefit dinners.

The auction is part of a holiday bazaar of food and gifts, which will open with a party on Wednesday, from 5:30 to 9 P.M. Tickets start at $75.

A holiday bazaar, with gifts, antiques, plants and foods, will be held Saturday, 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. Free.

Where once the church held weekly lunches and holiday bazaars, for instance, events that generated both revenue and good will, those activities have since been canceled.