Tis the Season for gift giving in a big way once again. Whilst giving gift in our very large family encompasses the entire year, many in our family do celebrate Christmas. Personally, I could just as well skip the gift giving part, as the majority of my family just had birthdays!! Alas, I to will pick up the spirit of the Season and spread some joy, in spite of this.

Searching around for new ideas for gifts is fun, and it also gives me a chance to add to my own wish list as well. At the top of my list of course is the Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6″ Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation) which can be found at Amazon. This device simply has to be the coolest gift for an avid reader such as myself!

Let me give just a few examples of why I think this a virtually awesome gift for book lovers (pick me! pick me!). First of all the Kindle is 3G wireless, which lets you download books right from your Kindle; no annual contracts, no monthly fees, and no hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots. Just imagine how wonderful to be able to pull out my kindle wherever it pleases me! Oh yeah, that’s what I’m talking about.

This sweet little device reads like real paper, without glare, even in bright sunlight. Plus we can read for up to 1 week on a single charge with wireless on, a significant improvement from the previous battery life of just 4 days. Holds up to 1,500 books… not that I really need that many, but heck let’s just build a virtual library, shall we?

The Kindle Store has more than 360,000 books available, including 101 of 112 New York Times® Best Sellers, plus top newspapers, magazines, and blogs. So there are little or no worries that avid readers will find what they are looking for. Whether you prefer biographies, classics, investment guides, thrillers, or sci-fi, thousands of your favorite books are available. The ultimate vision for the Kindle Wireless Reading Deviceis to have every book ever printed, in any language, all available in under 60 seconds. Now that is a lofty goal!

I actually discovered The Kindle last spring and mentioned it in another post, which gives more details about the features, and of course more of my own thoughts. All in all, I believe this to be a Virtually cool gift!

Ah, I love Wintertime! What a great time to spread some holiday cheer. We are experiencing an unusual amount of snow here in Portland, Oregon, and what fun we are having! We are not used to having so much of the white stuff right outside our front door, and so this is a delightfully special treat for us. Playing in the snow is one of our favourite outdoor activities, and not having to drive all the way to the mountain to find it is a wonderful blessing. Luckily for us we had already stocked up on groceries, and most of our Holiday shopping was either online, or pretty much taken care of before the snow decided to come drifting our way.

Even though I have the pleasure and convenience to work independently from my own home, I am always delighted to recieve holiday cards and birthday cards from the various businesses I associate with. This personalization serves to remind me of them, and is quite endearing. So I love to pass along great tips and ideas of places to find special and elegant selections of greeting cards for my business friends.

So if you are here visiting my Virtual space today, and are in need of a fresh place to gather some Corporate Holiday Cards, then please consider a visit to GalleryCollection.com to find a great selection of personalized greeting cards for all occasions. I really like the style and elegance of the cards I have browsed through thus far, and was quite enchanted with the Museum Art Masterpiece collection of cards. I love Old World art, and I found much to satisfy my great sense of art and beauty to satisfy my particular tastes. They even carry assortment boxes, and from what I can see, these would come in very handy throughout the year as they are quite lovely.

GalleryCollection.com is a leader in the greeting card industry, and they are helping spread a little christmas cheer by sponsoring f*r*e*e downloads of the Charles Dicken’s “Christmas Carol” on the Daily Lit.com. What is the Daily Lit, one might ask? Well, it is a Digital book store where we can take the virtual route and read our favourite literature online. DailyLit lets you read entire books in short, customized installments sent to you by email or RSS. Now this is virtually cool!