It may lack the personal touch of going to the store, plunking down
cash or plastic, taking the item home, wrapping and tagging it, and handing it to the loved one, but Amazon.com is a godsend for people like us whose families are hundreds, even thousands of miles distant.
I did my Christmas shopping for my sons and their families this morning. We all cooperate in this Internet enterprise by posting wish lists on Amazon.com. It takes the guesswork out of gifting and assures the recipient gets something he or she wants.
It also eliminates the need to fight the crowds at the malls, trample Wal-Mart employees, pay Arkansas's exorbitant sales tax, engage in road rage, flounder around with wrapping paper, ribbons and bows, box it all up and haul it to the post office.
Just a few mouse clicks and the presents are on their way.
By the way, if anyone is feeling ridiculously generous, here's my Amazon.com Wish List.
(Did you ever notice that the Amazon.com logo features what at first glance is a smiling mouth, but can also be read as the online merchandiser having everything from A to Z?)
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