In my neighborhood there were Christmas lights decorating every house, Christmas carolers singing every weekend, and fires burning in every chimney. This was a sign of Christmas. But not far away there was another neighborhood where there weren’t any Christmas lights, there weren’t any Christmas carolers, and there weren’t any fires in the chimneys. Unfortunately, however, because people were trying to stay warm, there were fires elsewhere in the houses.

Most of the families in this neighborhood were single parent families with several children in the home. The families found it easier to use kerosene heaters to minimize the heating costs during the winter month

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