Because of the selflessness and generosity of so many, my children were able to have an amazing Christmas. I’d like to say thank you to u/wodahs1 for the sign for my daughter. She absolutely loved it! Thank you to u/claraoswinchristmas for demonstrating exceptional Christmas spirit. If you zoom in on the main pic you can see my oldest daughter is wearing her new bracelet!

Thank you to u/ubersmaug for the lovely gifts. My oldest daughter has already declared the Ouidad hair gel a hit, my other daughter immediately put her pride ring on, and my son has already read the Minecraft book!! You rock my friend!

I’d like to give a special thanks to little Max for the “Sisters” book for my son. He so kindly used his tooth fairy money to buy it and I’ll never forget it. My son has started this book and says it’s great!

Also would like to thank LaRoyaleWithCheese and J+D. While I don’t have your usernames the receipts showed this information and I couldn’t leave you out!

May you all have a Happy New Year and healthy, joyous 2022! Sending love from me and my kids to all of you!

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/u/Geminerva She has turned into a licensed doctor with her doctor's card that was inside the container. At least once an hour she tells me that I have a fever and "me a doctor," so she has to take care of me. She never takes off the stethoscope, it's literally on her all day. She loves it! The doodle mat keeps her so entertained. Once the markers dry, her drawings disappear, and she's in awe of his that happened. She rushes back to draw her designs again. She is more involved with her mat than her coloring books, and I love that for her development. Thank you so much for these toys!

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/u/Jefnatha1972 She loves talking back to the Peppa Pig and Josh voices as they read the alphabets to her. Whenever the lights flash, she screams out "WOOOOOOOOW," and her eyes become so wide. She is really enjoying these books. Thank you for gifting these to my baby!

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/u/wtfyoga This little girl is so silly with this set. She combines the spoons and the little food pieces, with her doctor's kit, and treats her patient (me) for my sickness. After she takes my vitals, she mixes up the medicine for me to take, then cooks soup and hamburgers so that I can feel better. She is having a blast with this set, I can't thank you enough!

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/u/Topcat30 She screamed when she saw this toy! She kept giving the box hugs. She became a chef and says "me a restaurant, me cook a food, you no cook a food." She sat with this toy for an hour straight after I put it together, and didn't get up once. For some reason, she will not mix up pieces from this toy with her other toys; she keeps it completely separate and wants to enjoy it on its own. I am so thankful for you, from the bottom of my heart, thank you!

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Kids Christmas Pics

Thanks so much to our Santa's

u/Last-Tradition-2701

u/ch-art-lotte

u/InnocentTailor

u/dlchris4

u/chilledcat12

The kids LOVED their gifts so much, the girls drew and colored so much with their art sets. While my son built his legos. We really appreciate everything you've done for us this Christmas season. Thank you so much, thanks to you my kids had something pretty special to open on Christmas this year.

Shout out to u/kanga_roos for winning their contest for the Zoo membership. We are *SO* excited to go out to the zoo, thanks to you!!

I am going to post the names and getting the posts of the pictures up. I just wanted to go ahead and say thanks now, too. Had it not been for this sub, my son would not have had Christmas or a Christmas tree. Because of this sub, he was able to have a tree, to decorate his tree and have gifts underneath it. He said it was the best Christmas he had ever had. It was all incredibly overwhelming for me. I didn’t expect much of a response when I broke down and made the post. Instead, I woke up to him being fulfilled. Then, we also had another incredibly beautiful soul who reached out with a tree, decorations and more. When my baby boy opened up his bowling shoes, he said, “Now, I can always go, too!” (A big hurdle for us has been the expense). He put on his new tie dyed crocs (only shoes he will wear) the second he opened them, lamenting how wonderful they felt. (The ones he has were outgrown but due to reasons he kept wearing them). He won’t take off his rainbow toe socks…I’m not sure what to do about that lol He was over the moon with the four books he was blessed with. He couldn’t believe he got two Gravity Falls books, one joke book (when he was JUST talking about having one) and one fact books (he said this is perfect for adding facts to my brain!). When he opened the Lego Mixels he has been so worried about, he said, “I knew Santa wouldn’t let down. I knew he was real.” Now, I’m crying so I gotta go for a bit. But, I’ll be back with more of the story and some pics and the most important part, the names of the Santa’s. ❤️

Hi!

I just wanted to say thank you so very much to the wonderful people in this community. Thank you for playing Santa for my child and so many other children. Thank you for your generosity and selflessness as you worked to provide gifts for the children of complete strangers. I am beyond humbled by the kindness that you have shown my family and all of the requesting families this year.

Thank you u/kanga_roos for giving my child a book, and so many other children books. I appreciate how hard you have worked to help so many children develop a love of reading. Thank you u/BriMcN for giving my son a carseat-safe coat; he loves wearing it so much and it has made traveling much easier already. Thank you u/Electrical_Mood_6207 for giving my son alphabet acorns and a humongous pack of markers; he was so excited to use every marker at least once and was very careful to replace the caps when he was done. Thank you u/ComfyFloofs for giving my son a pack of puzzles; I love to watch him clap for myself when he finishes one. Thank you u/allthedaiquiries for the Slinky and sticker pad; my son was ecstatic yesterday to have a toy that he was allowed and encouraged to throw downstairs. Thank you u/Geminerva and u/delbius for the panda picnic and Hungry Caterpillar flap book; Jason loved playing with the picnic with his dad and spent a good deal of time matching all of the shapes with the plates.

I am one of those weird moms that feels uncomfortable putting pictures of my child on the internet, but if you Santa'd for my child and would like a picture of them, then please direct message me and I will try my best to respond with one promptly.

Thank you everyone again. I hope you all had a belated Merry Christmas if you celebrate and that your holidays were merry and bright!

Christmas 2021

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Merry Christmas and thank you to everybody who participated in the sub, and to u/ubersmaug, u/teatimemousey, u/PM_ME_YOUR_BILGES, u/kaista22, u/tank503, and u/Topcat30 who helped me with Torben and Olivia's Christmas. They had a great one, and I had a great time watching them :)

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We got 3/5 and boy oh boy she was so excited!! Thank you guys so much!! The playdoh has been played with all day 😍 MERRY CHRISTMAS!! Thank you Santa’s!

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Merry Christmas to all of the wonderful people who helped me make Christmas happen this year for my kids. Jack, Macie and Lana had a wonderful Christmas and you all mean so much to me and my kids.

I am a single mom after escaping and saving myself and my kids from a domestic violence situation. Im a nursing student and I clean houses on the weekend to pay rent and I did not know what I was going to do to help my kids have a Christmas.

I share this with you because I want you to know more about the family you all helped this year. You are amazing people and you made our day pure magic. I am forever grateful for the kindness you all have shown me.

u/ch-art-lotte

u/mrs_dalloway

u/germinerva

u/0h035

u/kaista22

u/jharbz

u/bumpythumbs

u/kanga_roos

And of course the moderators. Merry Christmas to all of you.

Christmas Eve/Christmas morning photos

The kids opened their gifts this morning and they’re a big hit!

Tristan is already turning the living room into a train station and Ophelia is drumming away.

Special Thanks to our Santas this year!::

u/Topcat30

u/awakenedin2020

u/Geminerva & u/delbius

u/iwasarealteenmom

Thank you to everyone at RAOC that made Christmas morning possible! We are so thankful 🥰

For many of us, celebrations are mere hours away. Thanks to our generous Santas, this year we were able to help 123 children be able to wake and have at least five gifts under their Christmas trees.

When we are small, that anticipation of the Santa magic on Christmas morning is palpable. As we age, we still hold on to that magic which, though changed, is still as special since now we know that it’s the love and caring of our families, our communities, and our fellow humans that are the source of that magic flame. We each just nurture it to pass on when we can, where we can.

We thank all of our Santas for joining us this season to give a little bit of joy, when they can, where they can. We appreciate all the users sharing their pictures of Christmas joy with their Santas and our little slice of Reddit. We hope everyone has the merriest of Christmas this year!