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12-14-2011, 09:32 PM
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Darryl, thanks for sharing.
I and my wife's side of the family do not really go for the commercial side of Christmas. We are all Christians so we do focus more on the religious side of Christmas, but I have always preferred the gift-giving to be reserved for the little kids, even before I became a dad myself. For me, Christmas is more about getting together with family and friends, not gift-giving and spending money most people can't really afford. We donate to food drives but I thought that BWA's Christmas food bank raffle was such a good idea that I also sent a donation (ie. bought tickets) for that since I read in the papers that every dollar donated can allow the food banks to buy three dollars worth of food. However, your story has inspired me to try to do more. As a worthwhile life lesson for Felicia, I will take her food bank shopping and we will bring some of our "plenty" to donate to our local food bank (not just to Edmonton's  ). Thanks for telling us this inspiring story. Merry Christmas to you all, Anthony, Irene, Felicia & Isabella
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12-15-2011, 12:52 AM
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My wife grew up pretty poor and her happiest childhood memory is one Christmas when her parents said there was no money for any presents or a Christmas dinner that year. They went out to a relatives house on Christmas eve for a little party and when they got home there were all kinds of presents under the tree and a couple of big food hampers. These all came from Santa's Anonymous and because it played such a big part in her life and really taught her generosity from the heart we always buy lots of toys for the charity. Even when we just started our lives together and very little we knew that others had even less and so forwent our own gifts to donate to others. Nowadays we like to get our kids involved by choosing gifts and having them spend a little of their allowance on donations and we also try to deliver presents and food hampers for the charity as well. I was really busy last year with all the snow and unpaved roads as lots of volunteers had to cancel, luckily I have a 4x4 truck so I just kept going back for load after load until all the presents were delivered.
I give to various charities all year but Christmas is special to us and we become a lot more generous during the holidays! And we want to return the feelings my wife got years ago to others less fortunate and hopefully give them the same feelings and hope that she received. Merry Christmas everyone!
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