Green Child Magazine Holiday 2012 | Page 43

Good for Goodness’ Sake Give Back this Holiday Do you remember the inspiration behind Oprah Winfrey’s “Christmas Kindness South Africa” in 2002? yourself what an authentic — a REAL Christmas would mean to you? She was 12 years old, and her mother told them they didn’t have enough money for Christmas. In Oprah’s words, “Just when I started to accept there would not be a Christmas, three nuns showed up at our house with gifts for all of us. There was a turkey, a fruit basket, some games, and for me they brought a doll.” It’s Needed – Even in the U.S., you don’t have to look far these days to see someone who could use a hand up (as in hand to help up, not a hand-out). But worldwide, well over half of the population is without electricity or running water. Makes the fight over a $2 waffle machine seem pretty pointless, doesn’t it? “I remember feeling that I mattered to those nuns,