The Gift of Giving

This award-winning Christmas short film by Nando Dietz tells the story of Horst, who plays Santa in a local department store.  However, when the day is done and he is finished giving out the gifts to children, he returns home alone.  Yet his little acts of kindness towards others have been noticed and some new friends will ensure that he doesn’t have to face a lonely Christmas at home.

Heart-warming as this is and at an appropriate time of year when so many people do feel their isolation from others even more – I think the message is that we should do a little good every day, as if it is Christmas day on all of the days of the year.  You might notice a banner in German at the end of the film – translated it means: “We don’t believe in Santa Claus. But we believe in people.”  That’s cool.

Watch The Gift of Giving below: