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Two abandoned horses discovered wandering by the highway four months ago have gone from walking skeletons to walking tall.

You spent hours threading twinkle lights around your front yard bushes, carefully arranging a life-size nativity, and tinkered tirelessly in an attempt to fasten Santa's sleigh securely the roof so it wouldn't go tumbling backwards and crash onto your neighbor's property.

Instead of discarding last year’s jacket that your child has outgrown, this holiday season you can donate it to help a child in need to stay warm this winter. 

Thanks to donations from Gilroy and Morgan Hill residents, Recology South Valley collected more than 3,000 pounds of canned and nonperishable foods for Harvest Food Bank in San Jose. 

The annual Randy Kirk Holiday Toy and Gift Drive will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at Box Seat Sports Grill in Morgan Hill.

A pair of neglected sheep that were abandoned Nov. 14 at the Gilroy FFA Farm on Kern Avenue are grazing in greener pastures at the Orland Farm Sanctuary alongside their fellow four-legged refuge from Morgan Hill – Noel the goat – who almost became dinner on Christmas Eve 2011.

Are you looking for an entertaining and time-honored way to enrich your holiday season? Tickets are still available for the final weekend of the San Jose Youth Ballet production of “The Nutcracker,” which happens to feature Gilroy ballerina Megan Doyle. The 13-year-old teen dances the role of “Snow Fairy.”