A Kansas businessman is making spirits bright and continuing a 21-year-long Christmas tradition by helping provide meals to those in need – even while going through a battle with his own health.
"This has been such a special time, and we really couldn't have done all of this without the community," Shawn Holiday, co-owner and wife of Doug Holiday, said, describing their family tradition. "But our boys, this is all they've ever known since they were little.
Doug and Shawn Holiday opened the popular Lawrence, Kansas, barbecue spot in 2004 and that's when they were first approached by the First United Methodist Church for help.
"Since 2004, we've been doing this on Christmas Eve. This is what we do. We come in, get the turkeys, clean them out, get them ready to be put in the smoker. If the weather's bad, the boys and Doug will spend the night here to make sure that all the process for the smoking goes through perfectly," Shawn Holiday said while explaining the process of getting the dinners ready.
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