>From: Laura Holland <[log in to unmask]> > >If you pick a needy child off one of those trees at a store or at >your office or whatever and send the child a gift - do the kids >write a thank- you letter for the gift they received? No. But if we're talking about the same thing - I've done many of these too - those gifts are anonymous. You give to an organization and they in turn give the gift to the child. They prefer unwrapped items. There is no packing or shipping on your part, or any postal costs. Susann Thiel [Posted in FML 5484]