“THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE TOOTHLESS GRIN And The True Spirit Of Christmas” a sweet story about the joy of kindness
The Fifth story in our special series—DAYS OF MAGICAL and MIRACULOUS CHRISTMAS STORIES—One great story a day until Christmas!
THE DAWNING LIGHT, Volume 7, # 636 Friday, December 8, 2023
Child Peace Stories Section # 5 »»»»» 3 Minute Read Time ««««««
Read Aloud Stories For Children Of All Ages from 2 to 102 years old!
Selected, edited and presented by Chinmayan for a great Christmas!
All images in this story courtesy of Pixabay
THE LITTLE GIRL WITH THE TOOTHLESS GRIN
And The True Spirit of Christmas
By Sharon Palmer
I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store and decided to look at Barbie dolls for my nieces.
A nicely dressed little girl was excitedly looking through the Barbie dolls as well, with a roll of money clamped tightly in her little hand.
When she came upon a Barbie she liked, she would turn and ask her father if she had enough money to buy it.
He usually said “yes,” but she would keep looking and keep going through their ritual of “do I have enough?”
As she was looking, a little boy wandered in across the aisle and started sorting through the Pokémon toys.
He was dressed neatly, but in clothes that were obviously rather worn, and wearing a jacket that was probably a couple of sizes too small.
He, too, had money in his hand, but it looked to be no more than five dollars, or so, at the most.
He was with his father as well and kept picking up the Pokémon video toys.
Each time he picked one up and looked at his father, his father shook his head, “no.”
The little girl had apparently chosen her Barbie— a beautifully dressed, glamorous doll that would have been the envy of every little girl on the block.
However, she had stopped and was watching the interchange between the little boy and his father.
Rather dejectedly, the boy had given up on the video games and had chosen what looked like a book of stickers instead.
He and his father then started walking through another aisle of the store.
The little girl put her Barbie back on the shelf and ran over to the Pokémon games.
She excitedly picked up one that was lying on top of the other toys, and raced toward the check-out, after speaking with her father.
I picked up my purchases and got in line behind them.
Then, much to the little girl’s obvious delight, the little boy and his father got in line behind me.
After the toy was paid for and bagged, the little girl handed it back to the cashier and whispered something in her ear.
The cashier smiled and put the package on the counter.
I paid for my purchases and was rearranging things in my purse when the little boy came up the cashier.
The cashier rang up his little book of stickers and then said, “Congratulations, you are my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!”
With that, she handed the little boy the Pokémon game, and he could only stare in disbelief. It was, he said, exactly what he had wanted!
The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway during all of this, and I saw the biggest, prettiest, toothless grin on that little girl that I have ever seen in my life.
Then they walked out the door, and I followed, close behind them.
As I walked back to my car, in amazement over what I had just witnessed, I heard the father ask his daughter why she had done that.
I’ll never forget what she said to him. “Daddy, didn’t Nana and PawPaw want me to buy something that would make me happy?”
He said, “Of course they did, honey.”
To which the little girl replied, “Well, I just did!”
With that, she giggled and started skipping toward their car. Apparently, she had decided on the answer to her own question of, “do I have enough?”
I feel very privileged to have witnessed the true spirit of Christmas in that toy store, in the form of a little girl who understands more about the reason for the season than most adults I know!
May God bless her and her parents, just as she blessed that little boy, and me, that day!
AN ASTONISHINGLY BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS MUSIC VIDEO FOR YOU!
This heart warming music video features Lindsey Stirling’s exquisite version of “O Holy Night” with her performing on violin and singing the verses in the sweetest, most reverent way accompanied by scenes from “The Chosen” of Jesus’s life from his birth onwards.
“O Holy Night” by Lindsey Stirling
Calligraphy by Chinmayan
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