Chicken Soup for the Soul - Christmas Treasury by Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen

Author:Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen [Canfield, Jack & Hansen, Mark Victor]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 9780439727976
Publisher: Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing, LLC
Published: 2003-12-31T18:30:00+00:00

Margot Brown McWilli

ULETIDE MEMORIES

141

YSecret Santa

Generosity is giving more than you can and

pride is taking less than you need.

,

Kahlil Gibran

Manuel and I work in the same building. I’m a music talent agent with a firm on the eighteenth floor. Manuel has his own space near the escalator from the garage to the lobby. He sells newspapers, magazines, gum and candy. I pass Manuel each day as I make my way from the underground parking to the lobby.

Hundreds of people working in the building pass by Manuel each day, and he seems to know everyone’s name.

Each morning I stop to buy a newspaper, and Manuel greets me. “Good morning, Miss Tanja. How are you today?”

Last year I convinced him to stop calling me “Miss Crouch,” but he refuses to drop the “Miss” in front of my first name. Some mornings I stop to chat a moment and marvel at the fact he supports a wife, three boys and a daughter on his salary.

Prior to Christmas, my assistant learned that Manuel not only supported his own family but had recently taken

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