Extremely touching post Johanna.
Here in supermarkets we have occasional baskets for the clothes and gifts for children. Do you have these too?
Many pensioners here are really poor too, so in the schools there is a tradition to gather some food for them, as well as some small gifts for the orphanages.
Since war began here (three years already, damn it), it's regular to gather some food, clothes and money for the soldiers.
Thanks for posting this, it may inspire a lot of people to recall that they are humans :D
Thanks, @richman. We do. And fire stations have boxes in front for toy donations. Food markets have holiday meals you can purchase for hungry families, so we do that too. It's so important to teach our kids to share their luck. Despite what the media would have you believe, the world is full of more people who don't have than do.