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CHRISTMAS WISH FOR NEEDY CHILDREN FUND DISCARDS HUNDREDS OF SENSIBLE WISHES

Thursday, December 25, 2008

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The Christmas Wishes For Children Fund (CWFCF), a charity organization that delivers thousands of donations for underprivileged children during the holiday season, has been helping the poor for over a decade. The CWFCF accepts over $250,000 in donations every year from families who want to help out those in need, matching gifts to the wish lists that have been addressed to Santa from needy children all over the state. And every year, the amount of wish lists that have included boring, practical wishes has grown larger and larger, with this year having the most yet.

Emilia Ditzler, President of The CWFCF: "Every year we get children wanting obnoxious practical things, like a new pair of socks, a nice pillow to sleep on, or a sweater to keep them warm during the cold winter nights. Listen, we have to deliver presents based on what we were donated, and people don't donate 'a pair of Christmas shoes for mom to wear when she meets Jesus because she's dying of cancer', or 'a gallon of gas so my daddy can get to work and make enough money to keep the electricity on.'"

But the bigger problem, says Ditzler, isn't what is donated, it's the wishes themselves. Even if helpful families were to donate practical gifts, the CWFCF wouldn't give them away as presents. "It wouldn't be fair to the children who had the balls to wish for something cool. Can you imagine how awful a homeless child would feel if he asked for something he actually wanted, like an RC Rad Racer with a rechargeable battery pack, when some other attention-seeking, bullshit holier-than-thou brat asked for the prescription drug his dad needs to take in order to live, so he can spend a few extra months with him? Don't you feel like an asshole if you spend the holidays hoping your family got you something awesome, like that new G3 enabled Iphone, when some other jackass swears he'll be happy as long as he spends time with his family?"

Every year, the Christmas Wish Fund throws out dozens of these nonsense practical wishes, and with this year's economic depression in full swing, they will be discarding a record 308 and counting practical Christmas wishes. Ditzler reads one from the trash pile: "Please help, Santa. All I want for Christmas is a loaf of bread and peanut butter to eat, so that my family can spend the money we saved for food on the mortgage, so they do not lose the house. Your friend, Joey Krauth, age 7." Added Ditzler, "Who the hell does this kid think he is?"
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