12-14-2010, 09:15 PM
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A Little Christmas Magic
Just a little story that made me happy today :-)
I run a Christmas program at work every year where we adopt needy families and buy gifts for them.. sadly all the families we have this year are homeless and living in a shelter and they all asked for practical things like warm clothes.. any way some of the guys I work with are single and have no idea what to get so they pick a tag and give it to me and say 'spend whatever you need to get this'... so today Kohl's (not sure if everyone's familiar with that chain but they're a department store) was having a midnight madness sale where all the winter stuff is 60% off so to Kohls I went with my list. Sorry this isn't as little a story as I promised... I do all the shopping and get on the line and of course everyone behind me is not in a very Christmas mood because they have a crazy lady with an overflowing shopping cart in front of them.. finally it's my turn and I get a college kid who is trying to figure out what he's done wrong that he deserved me.. 10 minutes later he's totaled the bill and it's just shy of $1,000. but with all the sales and some coupons I had it's around $420. so I'm thinking I did pretty good :-) I give him the cash I had and was going to put the balance on my Kohls card when he says 'Oh you have a Kohls card. Did you get a coupon in the mail today?' so I explain that I haven't been home so I don't have a coupon and he says thats OK I can give you one.. you can get 15%, 20% or 30% off but to tell you the truth I've never seen a 30% coupon but even 15% is a lot on this order. So he gives me a scratch off and I start searching for a coin and he says here I'll do that for you.. next thing he says is 'Holy C&^p' you got 30%. So while he was packing up my purchases I explained that all the stuff was for the Christmas program and I must have had a Christmas Angel watching over me and he said 'Yeah now that's a little Christmas Magic isn't it" :-) and so because of that I now have money to go buy the little ones a toy which makes me very happy because children should have a toy for Christmas! and yes Doris I will scrap this as soon as I finish all the wrapping but thought I'd share in case it brightened someone elses day too
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12-14-2010, 09:25 PM
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Donna, that is wonderful!! Happy wrapping all those great gifts!
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12-14-2010, 09:36 PM
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Oh thank you for sharing this... what a blessing it will be to those families!
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12-14-2010, 09:36 PM
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Oh Donna, you made me cryand not just the part about how you were going to scrap it.
 What a wonderful story. Merry Christmas to you Donna and thank you for sharing that little bit of Christmas magic with us!
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12-14-2010, 09:54 PM
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This is just such a wonderful Christmas story. You definitely had a Christmas angel with you. I am so happy that they will get a toy also!! Merry Christmas to you and thank you for this!!
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12-14-2010, 09:55 PM
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Thank you for doing such good work-yes I do believe that Christmas magic exists, and you found some!
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12-14-2010, 10:05 PM
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I do believe that YOU are Christmas Magic Donna.
What a heartwarming story ... thank you for sharing it with us as a reminder of what this season is really about.
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12-14-2010, 10:06 PM
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Donna, I'm so glad you shared this wonderful story. That Christmas angel was working overtime!
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12-14-2010, 10:11 PM
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That is awesome, I love Kohls and I have, once, gotten a 30% off scratch-off. What a fun, sweet story. I hope they all love the things they get, and the toys, too. You're right, children should all get a toy for Christmas. I was reading today about how rare oranges used to be, that kids would get them in their stocking with some chocolate and that would be an extravagant Christmas.
It's stories like this that remind us how blessed we all are to have what we have, and to have so much that we have extra to give away.
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12-14-2010, 10:12 PM
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Ahh...what a neat story! Thanks for sharing with us!
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12-14-2010, 10:16 PM
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What a wonderful story! Thanks for sharing your Christmas Magic with us! How wonderful to imagine those little ones with not only warm clothes but a toy as well! You did a fabulous job!
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12-14-2010, 10:18 PM
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What an awesome story - totally gets me in the christmas mood! :-)
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12-14-2010, 10:36 PM
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Thanks for sharing this wonderful story. There was certainly a Christmas Angel looking over you.
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12-14-2010, 10:47 PM
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Wonderful, heart-warming story!
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12-14-2010, 11:20 PM
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Thank you for sharing a bit of Christmas magic!! It really reminds us that there is so much good in the world and in people!!
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12-14-2010, 11:27 PM
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I'm grinning from ear to ear reading this!! Thanks for sharing.
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12-14-2010, 11:56 PM
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What a great story!!!
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12-15-2010, 01:10 AM
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What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing it, and thank you for doing such a kind thing at Christmas time.
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12-15-2010, 05:17 AM
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Oh how absolutely wonderful, it's made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I do believe a bit of magic was in the air for you today Donna.
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12-15-2010, 05:43 AM
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Thats a wonderful story Donna. What a great clerk for mentioning the coupon to you, so many would not. It really shows wonderful christmas spirit, and how fantastic that you could buy toys for the kids too, because I agree that every child deserves a toy for christmas.
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12-15-2010, 06:09 AM
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What a wonderful Christmas story! Brought tears to my eyes
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12-15-2010, 07:19 AM
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super, Donna! i loved this Christmas Story!
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12-15-2010, 07:31 AM
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What a wonderful Christmas miracle! And you are a superhero for taking care of all those families.
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12-15-2010, 08:01 AM
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wonderful story! thanks so much for sharing!
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12-15-2010, 08:19 AM
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Love this real Christmas story.
You should send it to Kohl's. The customer service people would love to hear it. Magic for the needy families. Thanks for what you do.
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12-15-2010, 08:33 AM
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12-15-2010, 08:52 AM
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Wonderful story!!! Thanks for sharing. Truly magical.
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12-15-2010, 09:27 AM
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I have a feeling that college kid's day changed, too. Thanks for spreading the magic. :O)
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12-15-2010, 09:34 AM
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Donna . . . this is a wonderful story . . . and I think that you may be a Christmas angel yourself.
The young man probably is telling your story around to his friends too . . . there will be untold numbers of people who are gaining some Christmas Magic just because of the program at your office, because of you and this young man. Thank you for sharing! And, Merry Christmas to you.
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