Get your shoebox ready

And while there are still 95 days until December 25, we know generous Herald&Post readers will want to get cracking on filling shoeboxes with gifts for needy children.

This newspaper has been a dropping-off point for the charity for . . . years (check).

And we’re always overwhelmed by the warm-hearted response.

No matter how tight the economic climate, our readers are aware of the powerof a simple gift and go out of their way to help those less fortunate.

Editor Lynn Hughes said: “It’s good to know the spirit of Christmas is alive and wellin Luton and Dunstable.

School groups, church groups and families all have fun filling the shoeboxes, knowing that their gifts will bring smiles to the faces of so many deprived children in the Third World.