Jackie Turner is an upstanding member of the community. As a child, he was abused, abandoned, and starved to death. He is now a college student. Although she has made a complete 180 degree turn in her life, the holidays continue to be extremely unpleasant for her. Faced with another lonely holiday break on college, Jackie posts an advertisement on Craigslist for My ONE CHRISTMAS WISH-a family for Christmas-and offers to pay $8 an hour. Responses pour in, much to her astonishment. Among the numerous emotional offers and letters of support, she also hears from other young people who are experiencing the same tremendous loneliness associated with spending the holidays alone. Jackie, moved and motivated, decides to arrange a large Christmas party-with the assistance of her adviser, friends, and support group-in order to find families for all the troubled people who emailed her, and also finds one for herself.
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Jackie Turner is an upstanding member of the community. As a child, he was abused, abandoned, and starved to death. He is now a college student. Although she has made a complete 180 degree turn in her life, the holidays continue to be extremely unpleasant for her. Faced with another lonely holiday break on college, Jackie posts an advertisement on Craigslist for My ONE CHRISTMAS WISH-a family for Christmas-and offers to pay $8 an hour. Responses pour in, much to her astonishment. Among the numerous emotional offers and letters of support, she also hears from other young people who are experiencing the same tremendous loneliness associated with spending the holidays alone. Jackie, moved and motivated, decides to arrange a large Christmas party-with the assistance of her adviser, friends, and support group-in order to find families for all the troubled people who emailed her, and also finds one for herself.
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