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Children were partnered with elves to pick out gifts for their families.
This time mom
and dad get gifts
from Santa
Shaun Gregory
Postmedia Network
Christmas is a time when fam-
ilies gather bearing gifts, typi-
cally the wrapped handouts
emanate from mom and dad's
9-5 income, not today as it was
the parent's turn.
It was 20 days before one of
the most celebrated holidays in
North America, but by all the
families equipped with presents
at the St. Thomas Anglican
Church in Seaforth, you would
think it was December 25. The
community came together for
the 10th annual St. Nick's Christ-
mas Shopping Day for the Chil-
dren. At the door, tickets with
numbers were handed out,
when the specific numbers were
called out, elves directed the
children to "Santa's workshop."
"Everything is wrapped and
tagged. The parents are not
allowed to come in, so there's
lots of surprises on Christmas
morning," stated one of the
event's organizers, Helen South-
gate -Oldfield, from Seaforth.
The church was packed with
youngsters watching Dr. Seuss'
How the Grinch Stole Christ-
mas film on a TV in the corner
with numerous different kinds
of cookies and juice available
for everybody. Southgate -Old-
field said the event usually sees
roughly 125 kids from the age
of three to 13 -years -old. All the
money collected from the
jamboree, or what she refers to
as a "completely orientated
community spirit project," is
then contributed to future chil-
dren's programs. The St. Nick's
Christmas Shopping Day for
the Children is a day that kids
can take ownership for their
gifts said Southgate -Oldfield.
"Anything that involves chil-
dren is the most important
thing certainly as an organiz-
er's standpoint. I just love
doing this for the kids and fam-
ilies, the neat part about this is
that it's open to everyone," she
said.
"It doesn't matter how much
you have, if you can put a little
bit in or if you can put a lot in
the jar, it's great."
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