It IS better to give than to receive....you are absolutely right General Grant. We need to remember the real reasons for the season...and it isn't the plastic Santas for sale alongside the Halloween costumes. The whole commercialism of the holidays really annoys me... more now than ever. My family and I really try to focus on others around the holidays. We carol at nursing homes, do the Toys for Tots thing (a give-in when you are married to a Jarhead), adopt a needy family through our church...the good feelings you get helping others far outlasts any new gadget or gismo you go buy for yourself...