I do buy stuff for local kids via Santas without Chimneys, all year around.

That is such a cool thing to do, and this year, the idea of pillowcases with media characters? That will make a bunch of kids very happy. Bless you for a kind human, says this agnostic human.

That success made me ridiculously happy.

Oh, I understand that feeling perfectly; I think it's behind what they're talking about (that ubiquitous "they") when they say it's better to give than to receive.