From blankets for the homeless to homemade biscuits, Central NY is spreading holiday kindness

Syracuse, N.Y. — In September, it seemed like Christmas might not come to St. Lucy’s. Thieves broke into the warehouse where the church was storing piles of gifts parishioners bought throughout the year to prepare for their annual Christmas giveaway. Hundreds of families in one of the city’s poorest neighborhoods have depended on the church to help them put presents under their trees for 18 years. In one night, it was all gone. The thieves took everything but the hangers the clothes were on and the bins they were stored in, said Kay Scharoun, who helps run the event. “We were left with nothing,” she said. The haul was about $18,000 worth of presents. Scharoun could not fathom how they…