The Great Sneak-Around

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Occasionally when I was young, my parents and I would find a neighbor who was in need and we'd creep up on them at night, during the holidays, and leave gifts at their door. One night it was a box of Satsuma mandarins back when you could still get those, as well as other things we found for them. I remember looking out the back window of our trailer, eagerly awaiting the moment where they'd open their door and find the gifts. For a couple of years now I've left small bags on my lonely, single neighbor's door - with no note other than perhaps a holiday greeting. Just a couple things that are easy to tell they haven't been tampered with. A couple oranges, a small box of candy, that kind of thing. Sometime I'd like to do this more. I love the idea of them having no way to know where their unexpected bounty came from. Have you done this too? Would you like to, someday?