One of our family members is currently stationed in Qatar with the Air Force. Since these brave men and women do not get much time off and probably won’t get to have too much of a “real” holiday, I decided to send a little holiday cheer their way.
Sending Holiday Cheer to Our Troops
This is what I sent out today. The holiday cheer box included Santa Hats, Elf Hats, Stockings with Glitter Glue pens for names, chapstick, a holiday puzzle, nut mixes, 2 Hershey’s kisses ornaments, 2 holiday rice krispietreats, the ELF movie, gum and some ornaments. I also included one of those cheesy cards that plays music (mine sang a cool version of Deck the Halls). It isn’t much, but I’m hoping that it brings some folks verseas some joy this holiday season.
If you don’t know of anyone stationed overseas, there are many ways you can bring a soldier some joy this holiday season. Donate to the USO. Send a card via Holiday Mail for Heroes (must be done by Dec. 7). Support The Troops and Any Soldier offer various options such as getting a pen pal or sending a care package. Or just send a simple online message via the US Dept of Defense.
