In 2007, Jim and his friend Dylan moved into their new apartment on 22nd Street in Manhattan. The previous tenant(之前的租户) told them something 1 . "Every year over Christmas, many letters to Santa come here," he said. "No one knows the reason."
For the first two years, only a few letters came from kids 2 Santa for gifts. But in the weeks before Christmas in 2010, Jim and Dylan were 3 crazy. Every morning, they opened their mailbox and 4 was full of letters to Santa. They replied to as many as they could, writing notes and even buying gifts. But they could only do so much.
One evening, Jim and Dylan had a Christmas party in their apartment. Their guests 5 the hundreds of letters in the room and asked about them. Jim told them the 6 . Many guests offered to help without thinking twice.
7 was born Miracle on 22nd Street, a volunteer organization. Then Jim, Dylan and their friends replied to children's letters to Santa with gifts. One child wrote that his back hurt because his parents couldn't afford a 8 and he had to sleep on the floor. 9 agreement from the boy's parents, they bought him one.
Every year, Jim, Dylan and Miracle on 22nd Street help hundreds of families. They no longer wonder 10 the letters come to the apartment. It has become part of Christmas for them to try to help families in need.
