I’m not sure, but it seems like the Christmas spirit, at least the part about good will to all mankind, may have gotten an earlier start than usual this year.

Maybe we have Larry DePrimo to thank for that, at least in part. DePrimo is the New York City Police officer who bought a pair of all-weather boots last week for a barefoot homeless man in Times Square. A passerby, Jennifer Foster, snapped the picture of DePrimo on bended knee before the homeless man as the man unwrapped his new boots. The photo was posted on the NYPD Facebook page and has gotten thousands of likes, attracting the attention of  network television stations and newspapers around the country.

One of the comments which has stayed with me the most about DePrimo and the homeless man came from Foster when she said the police officer had no idea anyone would ever know about his gift to the homeless man; he was just doing an act of kindness to someone who needed it.