{"id":453204,"date":"2025-12-17T12:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/453204\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:30:23","slug":"mattress-mack-pancho-claus-team-up-for-holiday-toy-drive-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/453204\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattress Mack, Pancho Claus Team Up for Holiday Toy Drive in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>HOUSTON<\/strong> \u2013 Jim \u201cMattress Mack\u201d McIngvale is once again spreading holiday cheer, this time teaming up with Houston\u2019s beloved Pancho Claus to collect toys for families in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Houstonians are invited to donate new, unwrapped toys for teens, young children and toddlers during a two-day toy drive on Saturday, Dec. 20, and Sunday, Dec. 21, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. <\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Donations will be accepted at both Gallery Furniture locations on the North Freeway and the Grand Parkway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The effort brings together Mattress Mack, Gallery Furniture and Pancho Claus, also known as Richard Reyes, who has spent more than 40 years delivering toys, hope and smiles to Houston children during the holidays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Together, the group is calling on the community to help make the season brighter for thousands of local kids.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cMaking kids happy is what the holidays are all about,\u201d McIngvale said. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to collaborate with Pancho Claus to fill his sleigh with toys and spread smiles across Houston. The essence of living is giving, and we look forward to Houstonians showing up and donating this weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Jim \u201cMattress Mack\u201d McIngvale is once again spreading holiday cheer, this time teaming up with Houston\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":453205,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[44679,718,7709,4345,77304,207924,358,3187],"class_list":{"0":"post-453204","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-christmas","9":"tag-community","10":"tag-holidays","11":"tag-houston","12":"tag-mattress-mack","13":"tag-pancho-claus","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115734919705617577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}