S. When asked what their favorite holiday television
special is, almost one-quarter (22%) said "It's a Wonderful Life," while 18
percent chose "Miracle on 34th Street" as their favorite. Three in 10 (30%) Matures say "Miracle on 34th
Street" is their favorite, while a similar number of Baby Boomers (29%) choose
"It's A Wonderful Life" as their favorite .

Table 1
WHAT PEOPLE MOST LOOK FORWARD TO DURING THE Holiday season
"Thinking of the upcoming holiday season, what is the one thing you most look
forward to?"

Base: All Adults
Generation
Total Echo Baby
Boomers Gen X Boomers Matures
(18-27) (28-39) (40-58) (59+)

% % % % %
Spending time with
family and friends 70 52 65 73 79
Holiday dinners and
parties 7 16 7 6 3
Searching for perfect
gifts for people 5 11 4 4 4
Watching television
specials and hearing
holiday songs on the
radio 4 3 4 5 4
Getting presents 3 6 6 3 -
Other 11 12 13 9 10

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.com ),
and through an independent global network of affiliate market research
companies.

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wholly-owned subsidiary Novatris in Paris, France (http://www.

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About Harris Interactive(R)
Harris Interactive Inc.com .

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adults say they most look forward to
spending time with their family and friends.

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'It's a Wonderful Life' is the favorite holiday TV special for more than one
in five U.harrisinteractive .

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An added bonus of this season is the television specials and movies
celebrating the holidays .
In theory, with probability samples of this size, one could say with 95
percent certainty that the overall results have a sampling error of plus or
minus 3 percentage points of what they would be if the entire U. For more information,
please visit: http://www.

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Almost three-quarters (73%) of Baby Boomers and 79 percent
of Matures (those 59 and older) say spending time with friends and family is
the one thing they most look forward to for the holidays. Sampling error for the sub -
samples of Echo Boomers (246), Gen Xers (252), Baby Boomers (792) and Matures
(428) is higher and varies. Long
recognized by its clients for delivering insights that enable confident
business decisions, the Company blends the science of innovative research with
the art of strategic consulting to deliver knowledge that leads to measurable
and enduring value. has produced, directed and written award-winning animation since 1987.

Listings for animated cartoons and movies with a Christmas theme .

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Holiday dinners and parties (7%),
searching for perfect gifts (5%), watching television specials and hearing
holiday songs (4%) and getting presents (3%) are all further down on the list
of what adults most look forward to during the holiday season. (http://www. EOE M/F/D/V
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participate in future online surveys, go to http: //www.

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We also asked adults if they think most people feel, regardless of how
they personally feel, the holiday season is a time for loved ones and
traditions or if most think it is a time for shopping and presents. For the younger generations, "How
the Grinch Stole Christmas" comes out on top with 27 percent of Echo Boomers
and 19 percent of Gen Xers citing the Dr.harrisinteractive.

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These are the results of a Harris Poll of 1,718 U.


Table 2
PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT MOST PEOPLE THINK OF THE HOLIDAYS
"Regardless of how you personally feel, do you think most people today feel
the holiday season is a time to be with the ones they love and celebrate their
traditions or a time to receive presents and do a lot of shopping?"

Base: All Adults
Total
%
Time to be with the ones they love 61
Time to receive presents 39


Table 3
Favorite Holiday TV special
"Which of these is your favorite holiday TV special?"

Base: All Adults
Generation
Total Echo Baby
Boomers Gen X Boomers Matures
(18-27) (28-39) (40-58) (59+)

% % % % %
It's a Wonderful Life 22 14 14 29 23
Miracle on 34th
Street 18 6 8 19 30
How the Grinch Stole
Christmas 12 27 19 9 2
A Charlie Brown
Christmas 11 11 16 13 5
Rudolph the Red-Nosed
Reindeer 10 16 17 9 2
Frosty the Snowman 3 3 5 2 4
The Year Without
a Santa Claus 1 1 2 1 -
None of these 23 21 19 19 33

Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

It is impossible to quantify the errors that may result from these factors.novatris.

About DNA Productions
A full-service animation company based in Dallas, Texas, DNA Productions,
Inc .

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Figures for age, sex, race, education, region and
household income were weighted where necessary to bring them into line with
their actual proportions in the population. The Seattle-based
company is financed by Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Sequoia Capital,
Atlas Venture, Madrona Venture Group and Focus Ventures.

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In
addition to Jimmy Neutron, some of the company's notable projects include
animation on the Emmy nominated holiday special "Olive the Other Reindeer" for
the Curiosity Company and Fox.

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Twenty-three percent of all adults said none of these
holiday TV specials were their favorite .

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S.S.com ), based in
Rochester, New York, is the 13th largest and the fastest-growing market
research firm in the world, most widely known for The Harris Poll(R) and for
its pioneering leadership in the online market research industry. 12/05

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Majority of U.S. Adults Most Look Forward to Being With Friends and Family for the Holidays According to Latest Harris Poll

S.
Not surprisingly , there is also a generational difference with regard to
favorite holiday TV specials. DNA also wrote , directed and produced the 3D
animated Christmas special "Santa versus the Snowman" for O Entertainment ,
which runs in IMAX theaters during the holiday season.

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NOTE: The names of companies mentioned herein are the trademarks of their
respective owners.

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They include refusals to be
interviewed (nonresponse), question wording and question order, and weighting.
This online sample was not a probability sample. Isilon IQ was designed for digital
content and use in data-intensive markets such as media and entertainment,
digital imaging, life sciences, oil and gas and government.

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Seuss classic as their favorite
holiday special.
These statements conform to the principles of disclosure of the National
Council on Public Polls.harrispollonline.

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adults surveyed
online by Harris Interactive (R) between November 15 and 22, 2005. Yet only half of
Echo Boomers (52%) and two-thirds of Gen Xers (65%) say the same thing.

Methodology
The Harris Poll(R) was conducted online within the United States between
November 15 and 22, 2005 among a nationwide cross section of 1,718 adults
(aged 18 and over).
Harris Interactive serves clients worldwide through its United States ,
Europe (http://www.isilon.

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, When thinking about the upcoming
holidays, a large majority (70 %) of U. Cartoons were a
somewhat less popular choice with "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" leading the
pack at 12 percent, followed by "A Charlie Brown Christmas" (11%), "Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (10%), "Frosty the Snowman" (3%) and "The Year Without
a Santa Claus" (1%). adult
population had been polled with complete accuracy.

Press Contacts:

Nancy Wong
Harris Interactive
585-214-7316

Kelly Gullo
Harris Interactive
585-214-7172

Harris Interactive Inc.

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Three in
five (61%) adults believe most people think it is a time for loved ones and
traditions, compared to 39 percent who believe most people fall into the
commercialism of the season, thinking of presents and shopping. Unfortunately, there are several other possible
sources of error in all polls or surveys that are probably more serious than
theoretical calculations of sampling error.

About Isilon Systems
Isilon is the premier provider of intelligent clustered storage systems.com .

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One interesting thing to note is the older you are, the more likely you
are to say that you most look forward to spending time with friends and family
for the holidays. Propensity score weighting was
also used to adjust for respondents' propensity to be online. DNA Productions Deploys Isilon IQ Clustered Storage to Deliver Animation
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