Denver's real-life Santa.This past Christmas Christmas [Christ's Mass], in the Christian calendar, feast of the nativity of Jesus, celebrated in Roman Catholic and Protestant Churches on Dec. 25. In liturgical importance it ranks after Easter, Pentecost, and Epiphany (Jan. 6). Eve, approximately 250 residents of Denver's Samaritan House shelter got a visit from a bearded, middle-aged middle-aged adjective Referring to a person between age 45 and 65, used in taking a history. Cf Elderly, Older. man. The visitor pulled out a thick bankroll bank·roll n. 1. A roll of paper money. 2. Informal One's ready cash. tr.v. bank·rolled, bank·roll·ing, bank·rolls Informal of hundred-dollar bills and started passing them out to his less fortunate neighbors. Before he departed, the man had given away an estimated $20,000-25,000. Brian Jones For other persons named Brian Jones, see Brian Jones (disambiguation). Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was a founding member, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and backing singer in the English rock group The Rolling Stones. , a residential coordinator who was on duty at the shelter on Christmas Eve, described the anonymous benefactor ben·e·fac·tor n. One that gives aid, especially financial aid. [Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin benefacere, to do a service; see benefaction. to a reporter for the Denver Post: "He told us that he had been down in the past and he had some hard times and he wanted to give something back. But that's as much as he would say." Denver's "Santa" singled out one family in dire need for an exceptional gift. Louis Quezada, Tessa Wittner, and their four children had been told to leave the home of Quezada's parents following an argument. They had been staying at the shelter several days. The stranger gave them $5,000 to find housing. "He asked if he gave us the money, would we get a house with it," said Quezada. "We said yes." The Rev. John Lager, director of Samaritan House, described the benefactor's Christmas charity as a "profound" experience for the shelter's residents. "We are blessed to receive this wonderful generosity Generosity See also Aid, Organizational; Kindness. Abbé Constantin self-sacrificing priest; curé of Longueral. [Fr. Lit.: The Abbé Constantin, Walsh Modern, 105] Amelia takes interest in Paul. [Br. Lit. of this Santa," he said. "It certainly gave a great deal of hope and light and encouragement to the men and women and children who live here at Samaritan House." |
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