Editorial: Working Miracles
By • December 11, 2024 0 25
Let’s face it — it’s been a long year.
There has been ongoing unrest overseas. Domestically, we dealt with an aging president, high inflation and a hotly contested presidential election (which included two assassination attempts).
Now we’re in the middle of the holiday season, bombarded with commercials advertising this trendy vehicle and that trendy tech item. Remembering the wise old saying that it’s far better to give than to receive, it’s easy to be swept up in a “buy, buy” mentality.
Sure, purchasing a new car for your spouse or significant other or a new phone for your teenager are deeds of thoughtful generosity, but what we have in mind is a few holiday miracles.
Consider our many local community organizations and your favorite nonprofits — local, national or international. Chances are, their leaders are waiting for their own holiday miracles. In addition to providing vital support for their programs, your donation may help cover essential operating costs.
If it’s not possible to donate money — or even if it is — email or call to ask how you can donate your time. Helping out in a local soup kitchen, or wrapping holiday gifts for those less fortunate, are just two of the ways to bring about someone’s holiday miracle.
’Tis the season for giving, yes, but keeping that miracle-working spirit alive into 2025 would be even better. In the words of former miser Ebenezer Scrooge, at the end of Charles Dickens’s “A Christmas Carol”: “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.”
Happy holidays, Georgetown!
