Spreading Christmas Cheer One Doughnut At A Time

Christmas is the most over-hyped holiday of all time. Macy's starts playing "Jingle Bells" in October, there's a Santa takeover in every mall across America, clothing sales are shoved down your face, the lights, the trees, Ellen's 10-Day-Giveaway... It's this HUGE lead up to one day. 

And although I do not celebrate Christmas, I do enjoy the Christmas spirit. It the only time of year when everyone seems so cheerful. Neighbors wave to one another, strangers become uncomfortably friendly, the grocery clerk will even sneak in half a smile. It's hard to not be happy when everyone around you is so happy.

This past Christmas Eve, while on a 7-11 run, a friend and I noticed all the policemen and policewomen that were on duty instead of being home with their families. And with all the cop-hate in the news lately, we felt that we wanted to do something to show our appreciation. 

And what better way to show that appreciation than with two dozen doughnuts?

We had to make numerous stops because we kept clearing out every Dunkin Donuts (and there were only so many of them open at 2am on Christmas Eve.) But five Dunkins, 24 Christmas-decorated doughnuts, and 45 minutes later, we rocked up to our local 71st Precinct.

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When people say that cops don't actually like doughnuts as much as everyone thinks they do, they're lying. Not only do they like them but they were on first-name basis with every variety of doughnut that Dunkin Donuts sells. 

I'm not going to tell you that they weren't surprised/confused/suspicious of us (because they were. Including the one lady standing there in handcuffs). But who's going to refuse a girl holding two large boxes of free doughnuts? 

I may not celebrate Christmas, but I'm all for spreading a little cheer. Especially to those in bullet-proof vests, protecting and serving instead of being with their own families. A few doughnuts were my small way of saying "Thank you."