The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forget

My dad used to sing this every Christmas – although not as good as Nat King Cole’s verstion – The Little Boy That Santa Claus Forget - and every year I’d be reduced to a blubbering mess, and made me appreciate the few Christmas presents we did find every Christmas morning, even though times were tough in the early 1950’s.

Today it still brings a lump to my throat, even though most kids have a fabulous Christmas and get far too much, there are still children whose parents or carers are unable or simply don’t care to provide them with Christmas – this is where Kids Company comes in ..

Kids Company was founded by Camila Batmanghelidjh in 1996, to provide practical, emotional and educational support to vulnerable inner-city children and young people. And although they work tirelessly all year to provide this help at Christmas they create a Christmas Day Party for hundreds of these children, who have nowhere else to go on Christmas Day.

They also have an online gift list at John Lewis - gift list number 384415, or why not lend a hand and volunteer – you could make a big difference by showing one child that someone does care.