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6. A series of events starting with my alcoholic father losing his job led to some church charity giving my family and another poor family we shared a duplex with a full Christmas, covering everything from dinner to clothes to toys complete with Santa and his elves making a very special visit to deliver it all because someone told him that we were very special families.

The next morning, my mom had a local news program on and they did a piece on the church doing that for a lot of families in the area. I asked her how Santa did that and she said it was a lot of Santa's helpers. I bought it for a while but the more I thought about it the less sense it made until it dawned on me that none of it is real.

Stilll super grateful for all of that though. One of the highlights of my childhood and the reason why even as a non-Christian I love the holiday and volunteer with or donate to similar things. I tried to find that church and make a donation or volunteer with them but it's not around anymore.