As you are no doubt aware, there are people who have a tendency to read only about subjects they have previously identified as personal interests.

Many of these individuals have turned their backs on the traditional print newspaper. That is their right, of course.

Apparently they aren't attracted to the possibility of turning a page and discovering a small surprise -- a story with a picture perhaps, about something totally off their radar. And nothing I could say about how that's different from web surfing would change their minds.

But I wonder about these people as Christmas draws near.

What do they do when receiving packages from friends and family in distant states? When opening newsprint-stuffed boxes containing gifts, I never fail to find something interesting on those wadded-up pages from out-of-town papers.

But maybe that's just me.

    

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