10th Annual 'Christmas With The Curry's' Event Helped 500 Oakland Families Have A Happy Holiday

Christmas came a little early for some Bay Area families who attended the 10th annual "Christmas with the Curry's" event in Oakland earlier this week. NBA star Stephen Curry and his wife Ayesha Curry, along with their Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation, hosted a winter wonderland event for 500 families in need.

The event included festive fun, gifts, meals, and great memories for families who may need some assistance during the holiday season. There were more than 2,000 people in attendance for the event that was held at Bridge Yard. There was ice skating, a free book fair, winter-themed games, ornament and cookie decorating, real snowball toss, and photos with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Thanks to the help of sponsors, each family received gifts, including a new laptop, gift cards, meal kits, toys, clothes and more.

During an interview with NBC Bay Area, Ayesha explained what she takes away from the experience of seeing the happy families during the event. "I think it's just great to be able to be that village for people that need it in that moment," she said. "Everybody at some point needs a village, it takes a village to raise a family and raise a child."

Stephen discussed the impact he has on kids off the basketball court. "It's still kind of surreal because basketball has opened up so many doors and allowed the platform to impact the next generation in a lot of different ways," he said.

When asked what he hopes to take away from the experience of the "Christmas with the Curry's" event, Stephen responded, "Just joy and fun, just the thought that there's somebody looking out for you. And these moments they'll hopefully remember for a long time, throughout the year when there's some down days, times they lack a little bit of confidence. They can go back to today to think that small, short conversation, that interaction, and understand that there's somebody that believes in you."

Stephen shared a carousel of photos and videos on Instagram of the festive and charitable day. "10 years!!! Unbelievable journey so far w/ @ayeshacurry and @eatlearnplay every holiday season, all leading up to this year's Winter Wonderland 🎄🎅🏽 Our 10th #ChristmaswiththeCurrys brought together local kids, families and heroes for an incredible event for the city of Oakland," he began his caption. He continued by thanking the sponsors, partners and volunteers that helped to make the day a success.

Under Armour commented a simple, "😍👏" to show their support of the event. Curry Brand left, "For GOOD 🙌" in the comments. Many dropped into the comments to discuss one video slide of Canon Curry, 4, throwing a snowball at his dad. "Canon is lethal with that snowball😂," one fan wrote. Another added, "That point blank fastball to the dome 😂😂😂." Another follower hilariously said, "Look at Cannon, so inspirational!😂"

Eat. Learn. Play. also shared moments from the exciting day on their Instagram page. "“The holidays are meant to bring us all together to share in the joy and warmth of each other’s presence.” —Stephen and Ayesha Curry," the caption of the carousel of photos they shared began. "With that spirit in our hearts, the @eatlearnplay team and our village of amazing partners and volunteers joined @stephencurry30 and @ayeshacurry as they hosted a winter wonderland-themed 10th annual Christmas with the Currys."