Doing What You Can To Spread Goodwill During The Holiday Season

The real meaning of Christmas is to give, not to receive, especially to the people that can’t afford to pay for their daily needs and don’t have enough financially to be able to enjoy the Christmas season. So this season let’s all try to spread some goodwill to all the families out there that are struggling this holiday season.

Hundreds of Santa letters are written each year, wishes, hopes and dreams that the children want or maybe even are in need of. Just about every child is told the story of Santa Clause and how he brings gifts to all the children. Or how you can write your own letters and send them to him, asking Santa for the things you want.

Most kids will believe in him for years. Most of the Children’s letters are their only request because they know their family will not be able to afford any gifts.
Gratefully there are volunteers and charitable organizations that will give help to families, kids and adults that are in need of help for the Christmas holiday. Many stores and banks set up special big boxes so that their customers can put new or used toys, clothes and shoes in them and then they donate the contents.

There are many places where people can volunteer during the holidays to do a lot of things, things like helping pass out gifts to families and kids, or going to a soup kitchen and help serve the food to homeless people, or even just donating to a place that is helping needy families or simply giving some of the things around your own home to your local thrift store. You could even visit a nursing home with your family, take some cookies and some cards and just visit with the elderly who may not have any family that visits them.

I was out Christmas shopping just the other night and witnessed firsthand a family in need. When I was checking out the girl that was ringing me up said she had seen a girl steal. I walked to my car and was putting my things in the trunk and all of a sudden a bunch of workers and a woman came from the store. The manager stopped and asked her if she wanted to give him back what was in her coat.

At first I was glad they caught her stealing until I saw it was diapers and baby clothes. I felt sorry for the lady. How sad to think that she could not even afford diapers for her baby and Christmas is just a couple weeks away. I offered to pay for the items and the manger declined my offer. The manager allowed the lady to leave without calling the police. There are millions of families struggling, we can’t help all of them but we can help some.