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Christmas Giving

The Card You Can't Afford Not to Give

Melissa Ramos | Posted 02.19.2013 | Canada Impact
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Melissa Ramos

I've always loved the concept of paying it forward. You read about those wonderful generous individuals in Tim Hortons' lines paying for the person behind them and it warms your heart. I recently read about a fellow Canadian blogger, Taslim Jaffer, who is doing her own "pay it forward" in a uniquely creative way.

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Remember, Toys Are Not the Meaning of Christmas

Vac Verikaitis | Posted 02.12.2013 | Canada Living
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Vac Verikaitis

There's a local campaign in the Greater Toronto Area sponsored by the good folks at the Salvation Army called Toy Mountain. People bring in gifts of new toys that will, we are told, be distributed to children in need. The underlying theme is that there can be nothing worse than for a kid to wake up on Christmas morning without a toy under the tree.

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