Kids make Christmas bright for family

As we have for years, we adopted a family for the holidays, which meant providing gifts and food for four kids and two adults. This year, the family was adopted by Rock Rose School.

December 17 was the day that all the gifts and the fully-cooked meal was delivered. Olive and Felix provided cards and gifts, Rock Rose kids baked cookies, and parents did wrapping and deliveries.

Felix questioned whether they had a Christmas tree or not. Upon learning they did not have one, he announced that he would buy them a tree. Late that afternoon, he and Olive brought a can of coins and bills totaling $17 to Fallbrook’s tree lot.

Felix approached the man at the tree lot and explained he would like to buy a tree for a family that his little sister’s school was providing Christmas for. He said he would give them all of his money if they could find a nice, fresh medium-sized tree for him to buy.

The owner asked what the effort was all about. The owner smiled, nodded and told them he would work them a deal. He presented them with a 7-foot fresh tree (cost $89), trimmed the stump, counted their money and gave them back all the bills and quarters. He kept seventy two cents in pennies and nickels.

Fifteen minutes later, the family of six opened their tiny apartment’s door to find a gorgeous tree presented to them by no one other than Fallbrook’s two finest little children.

Devon Alcorn