Giving at Christmas . . . What does that really mean?

This past weekend, our youth group went to go give out packages from Operation Christmas Child at one of our local schools in a very poor district.  Most of these children were from local orphan houses or foster care as well as homes who just cannot afford presents.  I think many of our young people's eyes were opened as they were asked to not hand our gifts, but to play with these kids for over 2 hours.  I think this was just as great as a gift to these children as the packages were.