This month of December has been busy, stressful and not really a lot of fun. I had one week were I ate really well and worked out a ton which helped me feel a bit better, but I really needed a bit of a pick me up.
I decided to invite some friends over a for a Secret Santa, you know where you draw names and buy a gift for that person, but I decided to put a spin on it since really, as much as everyone loves to get gifts, what do we do we all need? truly nothing. My friends and I are all doing ok. We all have jobs, we have a place to live, food on the table, we’re all just doing fine.
so what was the spin?
Buy the gift for your person as if they were a kid and then the gifts would all be donated to Santa’s Anonymous. It’s this great organization in Edmonton, AB that collects new/un-used toys and delivers them to children who otherwise wouldn’t get gifts for Christmas.
We went around and opened our gifts (just to show a few)
Ryan wanted to immediately play some knee hockey
Jen started talking about the play-dough hair salon set she had as a kid which is wild, since I ALSO had that hair salon. It also brought up the “who ate play-dough as a child?”question.
Luc relieved a few minutes of his childhood and we all were entertained by a quick story of his past.
Emma was jealous that as a child she was never gifted with a beautifully crafted crate of art supplies. (it was mostly the crate that held the supplies she was jealous of since she did have art supplies)
Everyone had a few moments of their youth brought back to them and go to share some memories. I know my heart was warmed by the stories, thoughtfulness of the gifts and generosity of my friends and was just what I needed to get in the Christmas spirit.
In total we collected 14 new toys for kids who deserve to have a gift to open on Christmas morning and now my mind is already spinning out ideas of how we can collect more toys next year.
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