Receiving presents sinking in popularity.

• Position: Gift-Giving - Brief article

As a culture, we are not quite as greedy and selfish as people might think, or at least so says a poll of online shoppers by Tada.com--part of a portfolio of shopping sites operated by Shopzilla, Inc., and owned by Symphony Technology Group. "Receiving gifts" came in as everyone's least favorite holiday activity across all age groups. Spending time with family was far and away everyone's favorite part of the holidays.

Women definitely are more anxious and stressed during the holidays than men, whereas seniors tend to enjoy the period the most out of any age group. Everyone ranked cooking and eating as their favorite activity; reading came in dead last. Meanwhile, even though the survey was completely anonymous, a mere two percent of respondents claim that...