From the West Alabama Newsroom–

A Marengo County woman’s love of Christmas and heart for giving — has now grown into a community-wide effort to spread Christmas joy.

Dorell Twilley says her mother Ida Mae Etheridge — bought Christmas gifts for children in the community — that she knew wouldn’t get one otherwise.

“My mom was a sweet lady. She had a very good easy going spirit. She loved children, she loved Christmas,” said Chastity Etheridge.

“It was her favorite holiday. And she would look at kids in our neighborhood in Flatwood and she would want to give those kids that wasn’t gon’ get a gift, a gift,” said Twilley.

Twilley says for years her mother did that — until her death in 2015.

“So I decided to pick up the mantle and do it in my mom’s honor,” Twilley.

It’s an annual Christma

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