I was on my way to work this morning and the morning radio show that I listen to "Free Beer and Hot Wings" was interviewing Morgan Spurlock ("Supersize Me" and "30 Days"). I didn't hear the entire interview, but I'm sure he was promoting something of his, since they all are. When the interview was completed the morning crew started talking about how commercialized Christmas has become. They were talking about people that have taken out credit cards just so they can go into debt for buying Christmas presents. Then one of them mentioned that he and his wife have tried in the past to get their families to agree to buying a small, inexpensive token gift for each of them, then donating the amount of money that they would have used for buying presents to a charity. That sounds like a wonderful idea. I, like many people, have been pretty turned off by the commercialization of the birth of Christ, but haven't really known what to do about it, short of just ignoring all of it. I think this season I'm going to see about taking that approach. 'Tis the season of giving doesn't mean it's the season to give to the credit card companies. Take a moment and sit down and write a check, or donate some time, to a worthy local charity that you believe in.