There was an article on today’s ABC News site about books and reading which in itself was interesting reading. It suggests that most books given away at Christmas are never read and that books and reading are dying.
According to it, 29% of teenagers had not read a book, god only knows where that statistic came from (67.4% of statistics are made up on the spur of the moment). A third of all book sales occur at Christmas
My Christmas Secret Santa present is three books and a bar of chocolate to eat as you read.