...this has been one of the best holidays in a long time. My family opted for donating money to charity this year instead of over indulging each other with a bunch of crap we don't need. We all figured we have everything we need or want and if we didn't we'd of bought it by now anyways. I did receive a toothbrush and an Elvis christmas ornament for Christmas anyways but I was beaming all day long yesterday knowing we donated a few hundred dollars to feed a whole community of formerly homeless people in San Francisco instead of sitting there behind a pile of meaningless objects.
We selected the organization one of my best friends runs in SF which provides housing for formerly homeless individuals. He used our money to give them a fully catered christmas dinner party and took pictures of their beaming faces. He sent me the digital pics right away and we crowded around the monitor to look at the images and my family's faces mirrored those faces in the photos.
We did still buy presents for the children though and it was sad watching them just bulldoze through the gifts and then be immediately discontent and wondering if there were more because the fifty million presents piled up next to them apparently were not sufficient enough for them. Hmm. Neauseating.
Anyway...My kids will each get 3 gifts on christmas and have to donate 3 of their belongings in return, the yin and the yang, keep the flow going....but I say that now...I'll probably spoil them rotten too. Anyways I'm just saying that because of my 3 factor. Happy Holidays y'all!
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Hope you had a great Christmas. I like the idea of teaching the kids early that they need to do for others as well.
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