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Christmas Technology

So, as I was walking to the dinign hall for the "Winter Feast," I noticed the technology that we utilize each year for Christmas. Over the years, Christmas technology has been relatively stagnant. When you think of the combination of Christmas and technology, the only thing I could think of was Christmas lights. Lights are a very important technology in Christmas. If there where no lights, how could we decorate our houses, trees, etc.? However, as time has progressed Christmas lights have not changed much. I believe that as far back as I can remember Christmas lights, they are the same as they are now.

However, our means of communication on Christmas have transgressed throughout my lifetime. I recall being a child and checking the mailbox when it came close to Christmas to look for Christmas cards from the family. However, throughout my lifetime, there seems to have been a transition from written Christmas communication to an e-mail greeting card. Today I logged on to facebook and saw that three virtual snowballs had been thrown at me. I think it's amazing that we have transitioned from real life contact and communication to virtual everything.

Posted at 10:15PM Dec 04, 2008 by Megan Szakasits in General  |  Comments[0]