Freda Newton, a nearly ninety-year-old woman, is knitting a special doll for her great-grandchild, highlighting the true spirit of Christmas. Meanwhile, a recent Interac survey predicts a peak in holiday spending around December nineteenth, with nearly half of respondents planning to spend less than five hundred dollars, while twenty-eight percent anticipate spending over one thousand dollars. The survey also reveals that many rely on grandparents for holiday support. Jean Higashi, in her nineties, remembers a childhood during the Great Depression and World War Two where her family had very little. When asked what truly matters during the holidays, Freda Newton, Jean Higashi, and Pat Pitsel all agreed: its family.

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