Think about spending Christmas in Iraq.

That wasn't terribly pleasant, was it?

Now think about how much you'd like to know someone is thinking of you at this time of year.

If you mail a care package to Iraq by December 11th, the Post Office can get it there in time for Christmas. But there are scores of other ways you can help the real freedom-fighters -- even if you don't know one (or their unit) personally. The venerable Stars and Stripes lists most of them here.

"But what would they like," you ask? Get some ideas from this article.