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Christmas is just days away, and a recovery community in Kansas City is reminding people that sometimes the greatest gift is just having a place to call home.

At Healing House in Kansas City, the word residents use over and over isn't "rehab" or "facility" it's "home." Around the holidays, that feeling only grows stronger.

"Christmas here is unlike anything I've experienced in my adult life. You know, it's like it takes you right back to being a kid," one resident said while organizing Christmas boxes.

The holiday season brings joy, cheer and the warm feeling of love from friends and family. But before getting to Healing House, not many residents can remember that warm feeling.

"I came here from jail. I had been sleeping in the snow and I had burned a

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