Some of you may have opened gifts before you came here tonight, others may do so later tonight or tomorrow morning. Most of us are to the point that, when you consider gifts from people at school and work and church and clubs, most of December is spent giving to one another. We all agree it is still more blessed to give than to receive, and that would never be in question if the selection of presents was not such a difficult task.

Many men will remember, all too painfully, all the effort given to the selection of gifts for our fathers while they were younger and still living at home. You see, when people live in the same house, one of the greatest temptations to overcome is this tendency to give things to each other that we hope will become community property. "I bet Dad will love this br…