Next time you’re at the drive through window of your favorite fast-food chain, pay for the order of the person behind you as well as your own.

Put some extra change in the office vending machine.

Leave an extra-large tip for your server the next time you go out to eat.

Take a plate of baked goodies to the neighbors you don’t know.

Bring a bag of new school supplies to your local elementary school, even if you don’t have kids who attend there.

Visit your local Laundromat and fill the machines with quarters.

Go grocery shopping for the items you always keep stocked in your own pantry, and then deliver them to your local food pantry.

Have a traveling caroling party and visit a local nursing home

Help serve a meal at a local soup kitchen or homeless shelter

Purchase coffee shop gift cards and distribute to overworked store clerks as you do your Christmas shopping

Throw a neighborhood Christmas party and invite everyone on your street you don’t know

Provide a silent night for a single parent by babysitting her kids while she does some shopping—or just enjoys some peace and quiet

Greet strangers with a cheerful “Merry Christmas!”

Invite friends over to help prepare a full meal for a family who is dealing with a job loss this holiday season

Send a handwritten note to someone who deserves some long-overdue thanks

Deliver a meal to a family with a new baby

Put fresh flowers in the office break room

Brown bag it to work and use the extra money to support a child through the Casa Hogar Elim sponsorship program

Be willing to help someone in need regardless of race, religion or lifestyle

After unloading, take your grocery cart back to the store—and grab some extras on your way

Donate new stuff to Frisco Family Services or Goodwill—leave the tags on!