Pass The Cholesterol & Merry Christmas?

My husband has always had the idea that we should be able to work on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day so someone who celebrates the holiday can stay home with their family. We are Jewish and therefore do not celebrate Christmas.

We have never been able to pull this off, so this year it was decided that we would deliver treats to those who had to work.

With quite a few boxes containing a dozen donuts each we rode around town for a few hours and delivered the goodies. He had a plan that included the various locations of hospital emergency rooms and fire stations as well as a map so we wouldn't get lost.

It took about 3 hours and it was a pleasant drive. In all we made 10 stops. In retrospect I think it was a complete and total waste of time and effort. He tried so hard to do something nice and I don't think it really mattered. We were met with insipid smiles, weak thank-yous and in some cases, blank stares.

We are not made of money and while this really didn't set us back financially, it wasn't free either. It certainly wasn't costly except in my opinion, for the effort that was required. My husband tried hard to do a Mitzvah (good deed) and when we said we are doing this for people who have to work on the holiday and we cannot do their job.. and because we do not celebrate Christmas.. they still wished us a Merry Christmas. People just don't get it.