We have an angel tree here at ETN each year and each year I am stunned speechless by the generosity of my co-workers.

I call Children's Sevices in the fall and request names and gift lists for 80 disadvantaged kids. I then hand write the angel tags with their first names, age, gender and some of the gifts on their wish list. Sometimes those wish lists are extensive and/or expensive and I wonder if that name will be taken.

They always are.

This year all 80 of our angels were "adopted" by our employees and as I type I am, literally, surrounded by giant gift bags full of incredible gifts -- skateboards, NFL jackets, bags stuffed with new baby clothes, designer handbags, CD players, DVD players, baby toys, 120-piece art kits .... So many presents that they no longer fit in the conference room I'd been storing them in and are now overflowing into my office. I've tripped over them more than a few times today.

And, I smiled every time.

I am fortunate to work for a company that inspires and encourages generosity. And pays us well enough to be generous.

It truly is better to give than recieve.