Basically, it's a feeling.

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We're not really dealing with empirical evidence here. Were I able to show her that kids bond with family traditions via the computer screen just as well as they do by sitting on the sofa (something I'm not able to do, but that's another issue), that wouldn't change Tzippi's gut feeling that "photographs are things you hold in your hands". And it's not as though she's got something against digital images. She often enjoys photos sent via email and viewed on the computer screen. But for her, "the real thing" is still that physical entity.

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Go to: To hold in our hands.