Every year I have the honor of playing Santa for the unfortunates that my wife's church sponsors (our marriage is a religeously "mixed" one)...as was previously noted by Wesly W., poor kids are nowhere nearly as greedy as middle class and/or wealthy children.

Last year, a little girl of about 7 asked for only one thing...her grandmother had lost her eyesight, and all this little angel wanted was for her "Granny" to be able to see again.

One of our "Christmas traditions" is for my two youngest to help me deliver Christmas dinner to shut-ins...this is what Christmas was once about.