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GIVING OUT CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

At the soup kitchen we wrap Christmas presents and place them on four tables: men, women, boys, girls, then ask the guests to come and choose a gift. A woman in her 60’s walks over to the table for girls, “Can I have one of these dolls?” she says pointing to several soft and fuzzy dolls dressed in blue, pink, yellow plush. “Sure,” I respond, “you have a granddaughter who’d like one?” “No, actually,” she motions for me to come over closer, and whispers, “You see when I get into bed at night, I like to have something cuddly to hold—gives me a comforting feeling. Now I fold up an old scarf and hold it next to my face, but having a soft doll like this next to me,” she picks up one of them, “would be much nicer.”