DENHAM SPRINGS - While many of us are busy shopping for friends and family, one Denham Springs woman is making sure nursing home residents feel the Christmas spirit too.

Molly Schuetz says that while the holiday season often focuses on children, the magic of Christmas matters just as much as we get older.

A stocking on Christmas morning is often the highlight for kids, a small bag filled with carefully chosen surprises. But for seniors, that sense of excitement can sometimes fade.

"There’s a lot of programs for children during the Christmas holidays, and I think they’re wonderful, but the elderly, the senior population, they’re forgotten so many times," Schuetz said.

For the past five years, Schuetz has been filling stockings for residents at the Golden Age Nursing Home in Denham Sprin

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