Christmas Full On

ARCADIA —

Dear Editor:
Here it is that time of year again for everyone to get in the Christmas spirit. Did you know you can have spirit 365 days a year. Christmas is giving from the heart and not receiving. Look around, there are always ways to help people. Go to visit a rest home or shut-in neighbor and sit and talk for a while, smile, listen, hug them and hold their hand. Sometimes you’re all they see.
The other morning I looked out my front door and there was a lady picked up sticks for her fireplace to keep warm, so I picked up some and took them to her. You don’t have to have money to help people. Just be there for them. When I go by the Salvation Army pot I always have to put something in it. Change makes a difference in peoples’ lives. So when you go by a Salvation Army kettle drop something in. It helps someone.
The Toys for Tots is a wonderful thing because children wake up Christmas morning and have a present under the tree. Christmas is about the birth of Jesus Christ for without him we would have nothing. So take your children to church and teach them how to love, give and be kind to people.
Love your family, kiss and hug them and tell them you love them every day and how special they are. Everyone loves kindness. So God bless all of you and merry Christmas and be safe. God bless our men and women serving our country.
Ernestine Ward Berkey
Arcadia