For years, secret gifts had been a holiday essential in Stephanie Levinson’s classroom at San Fernando Elementary School in Los Angeles County. A teacher in a______neighborhood, Levinson knew that her young students led a______life—some were homeless and others lived in garages.   So every holiday season she______to bring the kids some small gifts—a pack of crayons, a pencil, or something.

Then something unexpected happened, and the district______online learning. It opened the educators’ eyes to many other______their students faced. Some attended virtual classes from motel (汽车旅馆) rooms where their families were temporarily______, and some took classes in the places where their parents worked. When the temperature dropped, Levinson began to hear a common______. “They told me they were cold,” she said.

Levinson knew she had to do something. But with her limited______how could she possibly keep all her students______? So she created a wish list on Amazon: a blanket for each of her 24 students to______the cold. She made a heartfelt______to the residents of the rich neighborhood.

Five minutes later she got a text from a neighbor. “I’m looking at your wish list,” the ______ read, “but there’s nothing there.” Feeling puzzled, Levinson______the Amazo page. Just like that, in five minutes, her neighbors had finished the______!

Christmas comes once a year, but______knows no calendar. In the days that followed, Levinson created more wish lists, and there were always generous donors.

We’ve all had a wrong number text before, but how often do they lead to years-long friendships? For Jamal and Wanda, a _______ text has resulted in seven years of shared Thanksgiving dinners!

In 2016, the 17-year-old Jamal received a text, _______ from his grandma, asking if he would _______ it to Thanksgiving that year. After exchanging a few _______ , it soon became clear that the text’s sender, Wanda, _______ , was not his grandma. She invited Jamal to the _______ though, and after Jamal _______ the exchange on the Internet, the pair went viral.

Spending Thanksgiving together has become an _______ thing for Jamal and Wanda. The year of 2023 will _______ the tradition’s eighth anniversary. Their friendship has gone from strength to strength, even through ________ like the passing of Wanda’s husband, Lonnie.

Wanda said, “Jamal ________ me that age made absolutely no difference. When Jamal came along, my husband and I and Jamal and his girlfriend, we would go out eating dinner through-out the year together and we would just lose all track of ________ . One time, we were at a restaurant for three or four hours and I couldn’t ________ we were there that long. We kept talking! It was just such a ________ conversation.”

Thanks to the wrong number text, the two have developed a deep friendship. The pair have even gone into ________ together, launching a water company.