# Christmas for Chicagoans who don't have much

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-for-chicagoans-who-dont-have-much/475858>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 5, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-for-chicagoans-who-dont-have-much/475858 "2008-12-05T15:01:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Ed\_Zotti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/fbc32d/32.png) [@Ed\_Zotti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ed_Zotti)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-for-chicagoans-who-dont-have-much/475858/1 "2008-12-05T15:01:16Z")

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Something to think about:

[http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-santa-letter-05-dec05,0,641671.story](http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-santa-letter-05-dec05,0,641671.story)

My wife and I are thinking we’ll take the kids down to the main PO this weekend and see what we can do to help out.

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**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-for-chicagoans-who-dont-have-much/475858/2 "2008-12-05T15:28:14Z")

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Thanks for posting this, Ed…I think we are going to go down there this weekend, as well.

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**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-for-chicagoans-who-dont-have-much/475858/3 "2008-12-05T15:34:41Z")

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We are making a donation to the Oak Park Food Pantry. All the food pantries have been really hard hit and could use any assistance.

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**Author:** ![whet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8edcca/32.png) [@whet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whet)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/christmas-for-chicagoans-who-dont-have-much/475858/4 "2008-12-06T02:47:31Z")

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There’s a benefit concert at the Hideout this weekend–good show, Jon Langford and Eleventh Dream Day. It’s for an org that helps the homeless with employment, so bring business-style clothes to donate if you go: [http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/post-no-bills/2008/12/05/chicago-icons-band-together-homeless/](http://blogs.chicagoreader.com/post-no-bills/2008/12/05/chicago-icons-band-together-homeless/)