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You hear her say, "Some nights, after I watch my sitcom at five o'clock, I just go to bed when it's done." Later, your own father -- at least a decade older than your visiting sitcom-watching neighbor -- will remark, "It seems as if she has given up." The five hours she spent with your family for Christmas Eve dinner and church service doesn't seem enough. But what are you to do? She's an elderly neighbor, alone. When snow comes on Christmas, you make sure she is shoveled out. #smallstories