Man Lying on Carton near Walmart in the Christmas Cold Is Ignored by Many, Young Boy Takes Pity — Story of the Day

A 7-year-old boy brings a miracle to the life of a homeless man on Christmas Eve through his act of kindness.

Christmas is a sad season and meant only for the rich. The phrase came to Cameron Nicholson in an instant after the crowd’s murmur jolted him awake and named him for the amorphous depression that had plagued him all evening.

It was snowing once again. The sky was still dark, and people were pouring in and out of the Walmart store where he was lying on a carton, cuddled up in an almost torn blanket and a black jacket, which he hadn’t changed in a long while.