I live a long way from my family, and I can't make it home most Christmasses. In lieu of giving gifts in person, we mail gifts to each other and then do a video conference to open them. It's become a bit of a tradition, although I would love it if my parents would get a better camera/microphone setup.Several years ago, my parents got us this picture frame for Christmas.My mom did a quick Photoshop on a picture of her and my dad, and stuck it in the frame. Then they recorded themselves singing "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." It's a motion/light activated frame, so whenever it's activated they break out in song.Apparently the idea was that we would replace the photo with one of our choosing and then record our own message. But I liked the photo and the singing so much that I've left it. Whenever we turn off the living room light, or when the wind makes the sunlight flutter through the trees and along the wall in the summer, my parents sing to us.I've actually replaced the batteries twice now. The first time I was afraid that the internal memory would "forget" the recording when I took out the old batteries. But it didn't - it still works, and my parents still sing to me every night... Even though they're 1200 miles away.