Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site umd5.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!umd5!louie From: louie@umd5.UUCP Newsgroups: net.social Subject: Re: XMAS PRESENTS AND .... Message-ID: <269@umd5.UUCP> Date: Thu, 13-Dec-84 11:09:05 EST Article-I.D.: umd5.269 Posted: Thu Dec 13 11:09:05 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 16-Dec-84 06:42:05 EST References: <1747@wateng.UUCP> <1576@drutx.UUCP> Reply-To: louie@umd5.UUCP (Louis Mamakos) Organization: U of Md, CSC, College Park, Md Lines: 19 Summary: In article <1576@drutx.UUCP> grm@drutx.UUCP (MartinezGR) writes: >Just for discussion - does anyone have any ideas how one can gracefully >escape from the vicious circle of buying family members (becoming more >and more extended!) gifts for x-mas - especially when the "act of >giving" has degraded to commercial routine? How about greeting cards? It's one thing to send Christmas cards to friends and family who live far away, and you won't be seeing during the holidays, but my (extended) family all insist on exchaning cards. We all see each other every Christmas, and in fact all have Christmas dinner together. This must all be an artifact of clever marketing from the greeting card companies. Louis A. Mamakos Computer Science Center - Systems Programming University of Maryland, College Park Internet: louie@umd5.arpa UUCP: ..!seismo!cvl!umd5!louie