Fantastical Fundraising

The much-anticipated holiday season — like my dragon — offers a break from our mundane, sometimes painful, realities and dissolves the spell of apathy that the cold, hard, modern world can cast. Retail considerations aside, that's why we embrace it so early. Faith, hope and love rise to the surface of our collective psyche, and all of a sudden it's OK to act silly and corny and gushy, and to love your fellow man once again.