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Are you sick of the throngs of shoppers packing the malls in these remaining days before Xmas? Do the constant barrage of TV commercials screaming "Sale! Sale! Buy now!" make you want to pull an Elvis Presley? (He once shot out his TV screen).
Well, maybe Handmeon.com is for you. It's the antidote for anyone who
thinks the Xmas season has become all about consumption and less about the meaning behind gifts.
The fledgling web site was created by friends Michael Yacavone, Dwight Aspinwall and Jeff Doyle, and Doyle says it was inspired by a gift giving tradition far, far from home:
Click "listen" to hear the entire interview.

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