Secret Santa - the aftermath

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We had a little holiday gift exchange at work on tuesday. I'd say it went really well. It was the typical secret santa type thing - but I was really impressed by the thoughtfulness that people showed in picking out presents. I saw some great things given as gifts! I'm really happy because I managed to make it a little bit better with some careful work. My neightbor and friend drew a fellow's name who's in really bad financial straits, the one who won the turkey at thanksgiving. I mentioned him in a previous post. Anyway, I found out that he didn't even own a coat. That's not such a bad thing here, but he works an early shift and it gets into the thirties in the mornings. Since he might not like to take charity at other times, I told my neighbor-friend about that and she found a really really good gently used one at a thrift store. He was so happy when he got it! He kept asking "how did you know?" As for my gift, it was a ten dollar wal-mart gift card. I boycott the store when possible so I gave that to my hard-luck coworker too, letting him know that I won't set foot inside the place but I don't want it to go to waste. I thought that all worked out really well! It was such a great feeling, seeing him happy and knowing he'd be warmer this winter.