Celebrating Christmas

My aunt is a teacher at one of the IPS schools where a majority of the kids don't have a whole lot. So a few years ago she had the idea of the family pitching in so that each kid in her class can have a bag with some gifts for Christmas. This is the first year I have gone to watch the kids unwrap everything and at the moment when they are given the go ahead to open everything, part of the real reason for Christmas comes to light. With all the hustle, bustle, and mayhem that Christmas has become, it was refreshing to see pure joy on a child's face and hear them say things like "best day ever" for receiving something that most would baulk at.