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Subject: Holiday Spirits and Good Cheer Author: Drake [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 18:13:31 12/22/02 Sun Hello All: Just got back from giving myself the best present I give myself each year. A group of friends and I work with a local restaurant to collect toys for the homeless. Today was wrapping day. We spent a couple of hours wrapping a tremendous number of gifts from many a kind friend and stranger. One of our number will be playing Santa for a shelter on Christmas morning. Fortunately, I dodged the bullet this year at having to play Santa's Little Helper (D'Oh!). The elf costume is very embarrassing and a touch too revealing for my tastes. Besides, I'm kind of chunky (HEY, I'M GETTING OLD! I GET TO GET FAT!) and I think a porcine elf would scare the kids senseless. A rotund Santa is one thing, but... While our modest efforts don't answer the problems directly, it at leasts gives some people a warmer feeling at this time of year knowing that there are strangers out there who, in some small way, thought of them and their plight. On Christmas morning while I sit with my family and friends, I will stop for a minute and think of what is transpiring at a shelter. MC will be ho-ho-hoing it up with AW standing there looking like an idiot in the elf costume. However, a group of kids will have some toys. The parents will get some clothes. Some will quietly say thank you. For one moment I will know that I am connnected to my fellow humans. It is at this time when I know with complete certainty that it is better to give than to receive... because there are times when I receive something that comes without bows, ribbon or wrapping. I receive a feeling. It is the most priceless gift in the world. This is one of the high points of the holiday for me. Thus, I would encourage all of you to step outside your daily lives and give something back to those who are less fortunate. Happy Holidays. Drake [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]