MAKING THE CHRISTMAS

SPIRIT BRIGHT

DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, 1979

Raymond Sansbury, a gargage man is
arrested for trespassing when he when he
enters the town dump after hours and
collects, as holiday gifts for his seven
children, clothing discarded by Mason's
Department Store. The next day Sansbury
is released on a $200 bond and Mason's
invites him and his children to the store
to take all the new merchandise they want
for free.Later, Sansbury receives $30,000
in cash gifts, including $500 from Sammy
Davis,Jr. He buys a $27,500 house, and his
life story is optioned by a Hollywood
producer for an undisclosed sum.

SINGAPORE AIRPORT, 1989

Singapore airlines gives away four hundred
sleeping bags to passengers stranded due
to delayed and canceled holiday flights.

ON STRIKE CHRISTMAS HELPER

It was a chilly evening just
before Christmas in Manhatten, 1992.
Katherine Hepburn was passing by the
The Box Tree restaurant, several doors
down from her townhouse. Waiters and busboys
were picketing outside. The actress stopped
at the police barricade and asked
organizer, "Aren't you cold?" "Yeah a little,"
he admitted. "Well,"said Ms. Hepburn,
"why don't you come to my house
to warm up? If any of you
have to go to the bathroom or you
just want to warm up, come to
my house." Frederick declined the invitation,
but thanked her all the same. At that
the actress raised her fist, exclaimed,
"You beat them!" then continued down the
street. Within the hour she sent her
housekeeper back to the Box Tree,
with two boxes of Christmas chocolates
for Frederick and the picketers, and
another invitation to use her
bathroom if they needed to.