SOME LESS FORTUNATE FAMILIES HAVE TROUBLE GETTING GIFTS FOR THEIR KIDS DURING THE HOLIDAYS.THAT IS WHERE 80-YEAR-OLD VETERAN JIM ANNIS OF NORTH CAROLINA COMES IN.HE MAKES TOYS BY HAND AND DONATES THEM....GUESS YOU COULD CALL HIM THE SANTA OF SANFORD.AKILAH DAVIS HAS MORE WITH MISTER ANNIS...A MAN WHO CARRIES THE CHRISTMAS SPIRIT. --REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--THIS IS HOW JIM ANNIS SPENDS MOST OF HIS DAYS...CARVING, SCULPTING... EVEN SANDING BLOCKS OF WOOD INTO TOYS.Jim Annis/Makes Toys for Kids:"When the Salvation Army gives out the food and clothes to people in this area, I give out my toys."EVERY CHRISTMAS... FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS... THE ARMY VETERAN HAS WORKED ROUND THE CLOCK TO CREATE NEARLY THREE-HUNDRED TOYS... GIFTING THEM TO KIDS IN NEED THROUGH THE SALVATION ARMY OF SANFORD.OTHER THAN THE WOODEN SCRAPS HE GETS FOR FREE FROM NEARBY HOMEOWNERS... HE PAYS FOR EVERYTHING ELSE OUT OF POCKET.Jim Annis/Makes Toys for Kids:"My shellac, wheels and paint, I spent about $1,000."BUT IT IS NOT ABOUT THE MONEY.Jim Annis/Makes Toys for Kids:"It feels like you are sort of forgotten."FOR HIM, THIS IS PERSONAL. HE REMEMBERS WAKING UP MANY CHRISTMAS MORNINGS WITH NO GIFTS TO OPEN.Jim Annis/Makes Toys for Kids:"My dad, he worked, but he did not make a whole lot of money. With five kids, it is sort of hard to have a very big Christmas with five kids."natsJIM MAKES IT ALL.SMALL AND LARGE CARS...JOHN DEERE TRACTORS... FIRE TRUCKS, DOLLS, EVEN PIGGY BANKS.OVER THE YEARS... HE IS MADE CHRISTMAS A LOT BRIGHTER FOR CHILDREN LIVING IN LEE COUNTY.Jim Annis/Makes Toys for Kids:"I love when people ask me how much do I get paid for making these toys. I say my pay is when I see the smile on the kids faces."AND HOPES TO KEEP THIS TRADITION GOING ANOTHER 50 YEARS.Jim Annis/Makes Toys for Kids:"I hope to do it until my toes curl up.