Everyone needs a little Christmas this time of year. If you’re a little short, don’t worry: The Evening Sun delivers. That’s right, our Delivering Christmas series is back.

For those of you who don’t remember this series from last year (too much eggnog can be the only excuse), let me recap.

The idea was born as we brainstormed for float ideas in preparation for the annual Parade of Lights. Our Delivering Christmas theme was such a success - it won us first place in the parade - that we decided to continue the effort through the holiday season.

Throughout the month of December, we featured a Delivering Christmas story each day highlighting a group or event working to help others during the holidays. And we didn’t just write about these efforts, we pitched in. By sorting clothes, baking cookies, serving meals and anything else we were asked to do.

We also took our prize money from the parade (did I mention we took first place?) and used the majority of it to purchase books for Toys for Tots. OK, so we used some of the money to buy lunch, but I swear that the majority of it went to books.

The series was definitely a success. It was popular with our readers, the organizations we reached out to were happy for our support and, for me at least, it served as a reminder of what this season is truly about - the spirit of giving.