Susan, I love it! Even if they figure it out, I'm sure they'll appreciate your humor!

BTW, it's not the giving of gifts, store-bought or otherwise, that I mind, it's the feeling of obligation that so many feel about it. The perfunctory "exchange" of gifts--even when you have no idea what people need or want--, and the accompanying waste (wrapping paper, gifts that get thrown away or sit unused in a drawer, etc.) , that bother me. Maybe it would not bother me so much if we Americans had a Boxing Day, the way the Canadians do.

I just like to see gifts given out of affection for and consideration of the recipient. I'd rather give someone a gift right there and then, when I find something that seems just made for them--even if it's in July--than try to force the gift giving into late December. But to each his own.

Genie