SIMONE A. ANDRUS

MARTHA STEWART ON YOUR COVER! THIS IS not a good thing for anyone except Martha.

M. JEAN NAVIKAS

THIS YEAR I DID MOST OF MY SHOPPING ONLINE, with almost 100 percent satisfaction. I avoided the crowds and the fistfights over parking spaces–basically the American Christmas experience. Thanks to your early heads-up on Furbys, I was able to place an order online the day they went on sale through Toys ““R’’ Us. The following day I received a phone call from a pleasant woman telling me that there were so many orders, mine would not ship for two weeks. That same evening I was e-mailed and asked to call the customer-service department, which informed me of the same thing. It makes you think there’s hope for our society, at least online.

JILL STONEBERG

SHAME ON NEWSWEEK. YOUR COVER READ ““Christmas Goes Online.’’ Aren’t you forgetting those who celebrate Chanukah or Kwanzaa this time of year? Perhaps ““The Holidays Go Online’’ would have been better.

STEVE ZEIDEN