Serious awnsers only, I really wanna know how people are keeping Christmas from being just a mass gift exchange. Dont be mean!
2006-11-25 15:28:53 · 28 answers · asked by LesHug 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
The last awnser to this question brought tears to my eyes. Good job, I experinced a teacher like this first hand in high school and I believe my life is better because of her, your more than a teacher your a HERO, god bless you!
2006-11-26 17:51:43 · update #1
Sending Christmas cards to the ACLU.
Send them a Christmas Card! It is time to get out your CHRISTMAS cards list! As the ACLU are working so very hard to get rid of the CHRISTMAS part of this holiday, we should all send them a nice CHRISTIAN card to brighten up their dark, sad, little world. Make sure it says "Merry CHRISTMAS" on the inside only. Here's the address; just don't be rude or crude. (It's not the Christian way, you know!) ACLU 125 Broad Street 18th Floor New York, NY 10004 Two tons of CHRISTMAS cards would freeze their operations because they wouldn't know if any were regular mail containing contributions. So spend 39 cents and tell the ACLU to leave CHRISTMAS alone. Also tell them that there is no such thing as a "Holiday Tree". . . . It's a CHRISTMAS Tree! Pass this on to your e-mail buddies.
2006-11-25 15:33:12 · answer #1 · answered by Lily P 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Every year my family and I get a list from the local school district of students who do not have much money. Then, on the day before Christmas even we buy a tree, a ham, christmas lights, gifts, clothing, and many other various christmas items with the help of friends also of course and we sneak onto their porch in the wee hours of the night and leave all of this on 3 families on the list. We have only been caught one time by a father of 4 children who had just gotten home from work. All he could do was cry when he caught us in our sneaky act at 3 o'clock in the morning. He said he had nothing, not even a can of corn to give his children to eat on Christmas. I have been doing this with my family for as long as i can remember and it has been the most rewarding experience of my life. GIVING IS CONTAGIOUS!! Seeing the face of a stranger light up is priceless.
2006-12-01 06:35:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do the usual things of writing checks to my favorite charities: Heifer Foundation, Doctors Without Borders, and Habitat for Humanity. We also send additional funds to the Thai child we sponsor through Christian Childrens Fund. (Check out all of these through the Internet; I guarantee that they are all worthy charities.) I also contribute to my local food bank and to the local community health clinic that treats low income people who don't have insurance.
The biggest pleasure, though, is in giving to needy families in our area. Because I am a teacher, I see many children who come to school hungry, without a coat or jacket, with holes in their only pair of shoes. I get together a list of needs - food, clothing, household goods, books, toys, CD players, etc. - and ask my co-workers, friends, family members, club members, and so on - if they would like to help. It's amazing - if you ask 20 people to help you, you can achieve an incredible amount! People often ask if they can help deliver the gifts, and it is such a great experience to give to people who really really appreciate it.
My own family has kept our personal pleasure of providing some Christmas pleasure to "Sergio" (not his real name) and his family. Sergio first came to the special education class I teach 10 years ago. He was already 6 years old and had never been in school, because his mother did not realize that there was free public education for kids with disabilities in the United States. She cried with joy when she found out that not only could her son come to school, but that he had the potential to ultimately become a tax-paying working man. Sergio's dad abandoned the family after Sergio's younger sister and brother were born, and his mom has worked at low-paying housecleaning jobs to keep the family together. They live in a one-bedroom apartment but it is clean, and they are grateful for what they have. Anyway, since the first year that Sergio came into my life, my family has made a Christmas tradition of visiting Sergio's family with food and gifts. My son was 16 and my daughter was 10 when we started doing this, and they are now 26 and 20 and living away from home, but they still manage to get home to visit Sergio. My daughter says that this is the best part of Christmas, and I would have to agree. It's been years since Sergio was my student, but he and his family will always be in my heart. And for those of us on Yahoo, we obviously have at least enough money to have a computer and an Internet provider. Believe it or not, there are millions of people here in the United States who can't imagine having enough money to live the way we do. So look around you, and see what you can do to give a Merry Christmas to someone who doesn't have your resources. You will be more blessed by giving than you can possibly imagine.
2006-11-26 16:19:48 · answer #3 · answered by sonomanona 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At our local chiropractor they get a list of children from the community that could use help for Christmas. They have the child's age and size on the tag so that you can go buy them what is needed. They have a large number each year and I always take 2 or 3 to buy for. It is a lot of fun and we get thank you cards back through the chiropractors office.
2006-11-27 03:31:47 · answer #4 · answered by Kim S 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From where I come from here in the philippines, I would organize christmas party for kids living in squatter (slum) communities near the village where I live in.
christmas is for children. what I would do is I get former classmates of my, friends and neighbors to contribute stuff (all in kind, mind you) used toys, used clothes, etc. and with the stuff we gather we hold a big party where at least 200-300 children ages 5-12 attend.
We make sure that they all have a nice time. It takes really so little to make little kids happy - and that is what chirstmas is all about.
2006-11-26 07:43:20 · answer #5 · answered by Manueldatu 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I always give to the bellringers in front of the stores. I also have 2 very special ladies who I met in an assisted living center when doing my internship that I pick up for the day, give them dinner and a few special gifts from "Santa", and share my family with them. I'm always sad when the day is over and I take them back to the center...but we visit often and they get to come over to my house quite often, it's just that it's extra special at Christmas.
2006-11-30 10:05:33 · answer #6 · answered by wrongsister 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Im visiting my family in America for the holiday season, during my visit they took me to Christiana mall in Newark ,Delaware. There the Salvation Army has a wish list from the children that they sponser. The list is placed on a tree in thform of a wish. People are welcome to pick a wish off the tree and purchase the items on the list, and make a child Chrismas special.
2006-11-29 18:53:18 · answer #7 · answered by Kasandra h 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have organized the people I work with for the local
Community Center. They specialize in getting families back together after being broken apart for one reason or another.
We are donating clothing, bedding,books,toys,food.
We are holding a raffle to raise money for the center to purchase new books or supplies for the children's after school program.
We also supply small gifts for the homeless or elderly to win at bingo such as warm hats, gloves,tooth brushes, deodorant etc....
2006-11-27 03:55:30 · answer #8 · answered by emptynester 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Christmas is mystical. It is the time of the year where most celebrate and buy gifts to give to loved ones especially to children. This is what I will do this X'mas. I will look for at least 3 very unfortunate children in our area, a child who may be diabled, or abandoned by his parents, or extremely impoverished or malnourished, or very sick and pour all my love to them making them feel totally cared for.
2006-12-01 11:40:57 · answer #9 · answered by Robee 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every year and this year is no different, I choose a name off of the Christmas tree at one of our local department stores and purchase a gift for someone that may not receive one other wise.
2006-12-01 10:07:22 · answer #10 · answered by Lynn M 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋