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Jan 6, 2019 0 comments
Happy Sunday! 

The Christmas season  is coming to a close. For many it officially ends on Three Kings Day which is today.

In Mexico, Día de Los Reyes (known elsewhere as Epiphany) is celebrated on January 6 to honor the Three Wise Men who gave gifts to Jesus Christ. This is also when many exchange gifts.

You can read more about Three Kings Day in the article below.

Photo by Nicole De Khors from Burst

During Christmas time I get energized by giving. I have done Operation Christmas Child, Angel Tree and others for many years but in recent times I haven't been as active in giving back. And then I saw the Christmas episode of Fancy Nancy.

All my mommas with young kids know about Fancy Nancy but for those who don't its a kids show on Disney Junior that my kids absolutely love. In the Christmas episode Nancy wants a fuchsia bike  and after sitting on Santa's lap at the community Rec center food drive is trying to do nice things to end up on Santa's nice list so that he will bring her the bike for Christmas.

Unbeknownst to her her mom has tasked her to do something nice. Her mom sends her to go to her neighbors' houses to collect cans for the food drive at the Rec center for the needy.

At the Rec center Nancy makes a new friend. When Nancy asks her what she wants to ask Santa for, for Christmas she says she just wants a nice Christmas.

The next thing Nancy knows, as she is once again sitting on Santa's lap to tell him that she was indeed nice, is that her new friend, who looked just like her, was standing on the line for food. It dawns on Nancy in that moment that someone can look like you and not have the things you have; that what is normal, like a Christmas tree, others may not be able to afford.

Now here I am, fascinated and enthralled by this little kids story, with tears glistening in my eyes. To make a long story short. Nancy gets her fuchsia bike but then she remembers her friend who just asked Santa for a nice Christmas. And she decides to give her friend the bike she worked so hard to get on the nice list for. 

So now I am in full blown tears. This story touched me deeply because we don't know what people are going through especially during the Holidays. Sometimes people just need a little bit of help. 

So now I'm feeling completely motivated to give in some way. The Three Wise Man on that day long ago brought gifts of great value to a poor little baby that I'm sure were a huge blessing for a family that didn't have much. And I want to be a blessing too.

Now I don't have gold, frankincense or myrrh or a lot of money to be honest but I do have this blog and my way of giving back is sharing information. That's why I was excited to partner with Activate to spread the word about this great organization that is giving back families and veterans in need.

Family-to-Family

In the Fancy Nancy episode Nancy's mom said, "Come back and we will provide you groceries for as long as you need them." Family-to-Family is an organization that does just that. They enable you to sponsor a family so they can get fresh groceries. A luxury that we sometimes take for granted.

Sponsor A Family

What started out with one women seeking to help those in her community has expanded to 27 communities in the United States. And you can help too!

Like Nancy realized there are families that look like ours that don't have the things we have. She gave her bike. This Three Kings Day consider giving by sponsoring a family.

Happy Shopping!


Your Friend,
The Fabulous Shoe Maven


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