A wonderful thing happened to me the other evening. What was it, you ask? I was sitting in my living room reading a book with our dog comfortably sprawled on one of our chairs…her chair to be exact. The door bell rang and when I opened the door there were four middle school aged boys of different ethnicities on my front walk. They promptly chimed in with a chorus of “We wish you a Merry Christmas.” I immediately broke into a smile from ear to ear. I asked if they were with a church group or some other civic organization to which they responded they were not. They said they wanted to wish people a Merry Christmas and happy holidays.