If this Christmas has a Grinch, itâs a fuzzy infective agent known as the novel coronavirus. Itâs out to ruin what we love about the seasonâthe family gatherings, the church services, the shared meals, the caroling, the office parties, the gift exchanges. But like the townsfolk in the beloved Dr. Seuss book, people here arenât letting COVID-19 steal Christmas. On the contrary, generosity and the holiday spirit abound. Consider this: Bags of Hope, the biggest holiday season food drive in the area, is forging ahead undeterred. Organizers wonât be giving bags of groceries this year. Instead, families in need will get $100 gift cards. The fear was that companies that in past years gave in-kind donations to help fill bags with $40,000 worth of groceries wouldnât be able to give a like amount of cash for the purchase of gift cards. Maybe $25,000 was a more realistic target, organizers thought. They were wrong. Companies such as Seneca, Festival Foods, Dollar General and Kwik Trip came through to help raise $40,000 cash. Take that, COVID-19.