In its toughest year, Christmas in the City shares gifts and joy with families facing homelessness
By Lucas Phillips Globe Correspondent,Updated December 20, 2020, 6:13 p.m.
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Alex Bradford prepares to load a vehicle with gifts.Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Bostonâs biggest annual childrenâs Christmas party clung to its most elemental goal Sunday, despite the pandemic: that local children facing homelessness receive a gift they had requested from Santa.
It is hard to imagine a more difficult year for the family that created and runs the event, and a more difficult environment in which to pull it off.
Like the indomitable spirit behind it, Christmas in the City survives COVID-19
Neither the loss of its founder, Jake Kennedy, nor the pandemic can stop Christmas in the City from coming. It is back in a diminished capacity, determined to return to normal when the plague lifts.
By Kevin Cullen Globe Columnist,Updated December 14, 2020, 4:16 p.m.
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Jake Kennedy, founder of the Christmas in the City, with his wife Sparky. at Jake s birthday party in January.bill brett/For The Boston Globe
Think of Christmas in the City this year as an updated version of âRudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.â