But, it is people who have heart and soul and keep the spirit of the season alive. My advice to you, is to find a practical balance between pointing and clicking and walking and talking. For someone newly divorced, this season can be the hardest time of all. Don't retreat, let your feet move you into the world. While you certainly don't want to shop until you drop, point and click with practical sense.
Holidays are no time to be alone.
President Clinton says he'll spend less time at the shopping malls and more time on line when conducting his Christmas shopping this year. T he mythology of the era of June Cleaver's life in Leave it to Beaver and the false comfort proffered by programs such as Father Knows Best have been replaced by the reality of a world of single people and divorced parents where giving can become a task and getting often feels like need and greed. The media proclaims gift-giving mandatory and while most of us view this as a time of year to generously give gifts to those we love, for many of us it has become a season symbolized by the unwanted task of shopping. The number of people who will be following President Clinton's lead is more than double last year's e-commerce shoppers. Clearly, there are advantages to sitting home in your bathrobe late at night and using your mouse to order what you want at the best price available.