A heart-warming video, created by a Co Armagh community group, has been hugely applauded for its reassuring message for the elderly this Christmas.
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00:00Christmas used to be such a joyous time, but now it feels so quiet, too quiet.
00:07It's just me and my cup of tea these days.
00:12I hear the laughter and footsteps outside, the young ones running about.
00:17Sometimes it frightens me and I'm not sure why.
00:21Maybe it's the loneliness that makes everything seem bigger and scarier.
00:27Then tonight there was a knock at the door.
00:30I froze. Who could it be at this hour?
00:34I couldn't bring myself to answer, not the first time, nor the second.
00:39But the knocking came again, persistent and then silent.
00:45When I finally opened the door they were gone, but there it was,
00:49a handmade gift with a little note that read,
00:53My hands trembled as I picked it up, such a simple thing,
00:57but warmed my heart in a way I hadn't felt in years.
01:02I knew I couldn't stay in, I just had to say thank you,
01:06so I made my way to the community house.
01:09And there they were, people just like me and unlike me working together.
01:14I'm not afraid anymore, not lonely.
01:17I found something here, a little light in the dark, a little warmth in the cold.
01:23I'm not afraid anymore, not lonely.
01:27I'm not afraid anymore, not lonely.
01:32I'm not afraid anymore, not lonely.
01:39something here. A little light in the dark, a little warmth in the cold. This
01:44Christmas I found community.