Cute Sells

This year I did two shifts manning the salvation army kettles at the local walmart. One shift was with just me smiling, ringing some jingle bells, and saying the occasional hi. The other was with me doing all of the above AND Maya jumping around yelling Merry Christmas, ringing a cow bell, singing songs and generally not to be ignored.
The end result... at least 75% more money was given with the little girl present. Seriously people were practically throwing money at her.