Address book smart folders

Does anyone know how to setup a folder, group folder or smart folder in the address book to include all the entries that are not in another group folder. Let me explain, we have lots of entries in the address book, my wife created a group folder called Christmas List & dragged all the appropriate folks into that folder, now she wants a folder that lists all the entries that are NOT in that folder. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Lee

Hi Lee:
That would be a great feature but Address Book doesn't know how to do this.

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Hi The Zack,
In case you think you are crazy, I can confirm that in this area you are not. I just switched from years of PC drudgery to the the new Mac religion. I even switched all my email/address/calendar stuff to pure Apple. Some bumps and hiccups, but still I guess the real test is when I log back onto my old PC I feel like I am watching a rerun of a black and white sitcom.
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You might want to try:
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exiting the Address Book
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Just curious why you don't want to use a group list(s) within the one Address Book. Also seems it would present a problem to Mail (if you use it) b/c it is tied to Address Book. Maybe not, maybe it would search both copies, if you can do such a thing.
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Can this be done? If not, please consider this an enhancement request for the Leapord Address book. It should be an easy addition.
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Just for clarity, this is a user-to-user forum, so there is no point in asking Apple for anything here. If you want to make suggestions to Apple use OS X Feedback.
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