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    With artist David Hilborn at this year’s World Of Chocolate, AIDS Foundation of Chicago’s annual World AIDS Day fundraiser. Photo by the lovely and talented Kat Fitzgerald, www.MysticImagesPhotography.com. See a full-page spread of Kat’s pics in this week’s Windy City Times.
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    My cat Ooly sleeping on the very computer from which this magazine is produced. May this photo bring you peace this holiday season.
Is there nothing this community won’t do for the children? If they only knew …

The Great Lakes Bears held their annual Night of 1000 Santas at Touche and gathered a shopping cart full of toys for tots for Toys For Tots. Meanwhile, big boys found toys of their own all around the bar. There’s something about a dimly-lit room of Santas swallowing each others’ tongues that makes me wax nostalgic for those Christmases of old. God rest ye, merry gentlemen!

Another tot spot to hit next week is Berlin’s fifth installment of Vogue For Tots, the ball-inspired vogue-off. Look for special guest judge JD Samson to help kick off the glammadness Thu., Dec. 15. I usually take about 200 photos of this shitfit. I betta see yer ass struttin’ for them tots!

And DiDa Ritz’s favorite charity is also Toys For Tots. Bring a donation to her birthday Hydrag show at Hydrate, Wed., Dec. 14.

So, long story short, get your philanthropic ass to Toys r’ Us, stat!

kirk@windycitytimes.com