To my friends around
the world:
Every year on Christmas Eve I take some time to look back on
what has happened in my life over the last year and what special events have
taken place with my children and my wife. Its been an emotional year on many fronts. There have been sickness and loss of
loved ones. We have seen new additions to our family in the form of a
rescued Chihuahua from the streets of Las Vegas named Astro. From career changes, launching of FVsecretsanta.com and many more events I am happy to say that
through inevitable change the constant remains, love, and the Santa family have a lot of
it. I also like to reflect
on the world events that have shaped our landscape and the way that we live our
daily lives. I as like so many others find myself questioning the human spirit
at times , watching each day as violence escalates around the world and even
right here at home in our own back yards. I believe that we have come to a
tipping point in history that is about to be written. Working together we all have a chance to tip
the scales in a positive direction and bring back a renewed sense of hope and
resilience. We need to stop preying on the weak, harming our fellow men and
women and senselessly taking human life while believing that equality
matters and standing up for those who are down is something that will make us
all successful. This world needs our
help starting one person at a time and I am ok if it was to start with me. I know there are so many good people trying to do the same and I applaud you for your efforts, we will make and be the change we want to see in the world. In
the end it will not matter to anyone the color of your skin, where you live,
how much you have or don’t have, or what God you have chosen as your guide
,we all started out on this earth and
will end our time with one common theme, we took our first and last breath the
exact same way. I try and do my best to help others for the simplest of
reasons, I am no more special than anyone else! So why shouldn’t I help those
in need to experience the joys of this life that have been brought to me. I may not have a much, more than some and less than others but I am very fortunate to be surrounded by so much love, why not share it. I
will never be a huge mega star or even be a house hold name and nor do I want
to be that's why I remain a SecretSanta , but what I do inspire to be, is an
inspiration.
I have some ideas on
fundraising for the coming year and hopefully they will be more successful than
this year’s events have been, I know that times are hard all around but I do
see things improving. This year we have been able to send packages to places as
far away as Australia, Spain, Italy, England, Mexico, USA and Canada. We have
given away IPads , Christmas Trees , Wristbands , Light blocks , Food for food
banks , Money for animal shelters , clothes for the homeless , tickets for
sporting events, gift cards and many more items.
I love when someone gets a package and posts the pictures to the
internet and shares Fraser Valley Secret Santa and Team Santa with the world, it
allows more people to experience a random act of kindness.
I try my best to do what I can all year long to help people
out, unfortunately I can’t help everyone. With FVsecretsanta.com up and
running, the creation of a new Facebook page growing and Twitter now closing in
on 25,000 followers hopefully there will be someone or some organization that
will want to join alongside Santa and continue to perform even more random acts
of kindness around the world, raise money for local food banks and animal
shelters to make sure that no one ever
goes hungry while trying to make people smile a little bit more because as Mrs.
Santa says “you can’t cry if you are smiling”.
I hope that you will continue to follow along with FV Secret Santa all year long because the giving will continue
From the Santa Family to yours, we wish you a very Merry
Christmas, a safe prosperous New Year filled with love and smiles.
Santa , Mrs. Santa , B,A,T and Astro, Eva
