Yesterday I went for a little Christmas shopping. Mostly I've done my shopping in the internet but yesterday there was a glimpse of sun outside (and a spouse with hangover inside) so I thought that a little walk would be nice. So now I've bought presents to my nephew and niece. And one extra present that is going to a 3 year old boy whose family I found through Jouluapua. Jouluapua is a way to find families asking help for Christmas and you can pick one close to you or further away. Via the service I found/chose one single mom with a little boy and a baby on the way. The mom was asking for presents to her son and some baby clothes. Nothing too big in my opinion. But there are also big families with five kids for example and they need help to provide them Christmas food or clothes, the parents may be unemployed etc.
Now the thing is that usually when giving something to charity it goes through some organisation and you have no certainty if the help goes to where it is supposed to. I've given money to WWF, I think they are doing very important job by helping animals who can't speak for themselves. But this time I thought I could help someone personally and Jouluapua provided a good channel to that help. I could easily deliver the package myself and give it face to face but I think I'd rather send it although the family lives by my way to work.
Anyway, the presents are wrapped in Christmas paper and I can't wait to see the faces of the loved one receiving them. ;) (Especially waiting to see my what my sister and my nephew think of their presents. My nephew, almost six years old, is at the moment for some reason absolutely loving My Little Pony and his favorite is Rainbow Dash. So I got him a soft toy for sleeping pal just as he wished for from Santa.)
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