We had a different Christmas Day this year. With no one staying with us, we had no real reason to get up early to "tackle the gifts under the tree", but we did have an unexpected gift presented to us. Some years ago we asked our children to use whatever they would have given to us for someone in need. This year Trina and Guy and the boys had identified a family who didn't have much. So early Christmas morning, before they had opened their own gifts, they loaded everyone into their Windstar and secretly left gifts and a box of food for this family.
Normally, we would have received a gift letter reporting this service but this year, because they forgot their camcorder the night before, they came by to pick it up Christmas morning after delivering their gifts and we were delighted to the boys' insightful report of their experience while eating breakfast with us.
Our best Christmas presents each year have become the reports we receive from each of our children and their families of the service gifts they have given to others.
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