CALVIN: This whole Santa Claus thing just doesn't make sense. Why all the secrecy? Why all the mystery? If the guy exists, why doesn't he ever show himself and prove it? And if he doesn't exist, what's the meaning of all this?
HOBBES: I dunno. Isn't this a religious holiday?
CALVIN: Yeah, but actually, I've got the same questions about God. Bill Watterson
Seven years ago, Muncie, Ind. businessman Alan Holdren and his wife Chris decided that they did not need anything for Christmas. They had stashed $550 in the sock drawer for their own gifts, but they decided instead to take that money and buy Christmas for a family in need. Since Chris was a teacher at a local high school, she was very aware of both the families with needs and the families that had nothing.
The Holdrens picked one family that they knew would not have Christmas and bought a present or two for each family member. They delivered a lighted Christmas tree, a Bible, a $50 gift card for a Christmas dinner, and said a prayer with the family. Then they went home to spend the day with their two daughters.
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