Grandma fulfils life-long ambition by meeting Santa for the first time
The smile on her face says it all!
A grandma who never celebrated Christmas as a child fulfilled her life ambition to meet Santa.
The woman's grandson, reddit user shawnwasim, posted the photo with the caption: 'My grandma always wanted to celebrate Christmas as a kid but never got to. Last night we took her to the mall and made her childhood wish come true'.
> My grandma always wanted to celebrate Christmas as a kid but never got to. Last night we took her to the mall and made her childhood wish come true. from aww
The son later explained in a comment that his grandmother grew up in Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim country.
"There were Christian families who celebrated Christmas there but it was pretty hidden and not nearly as festive as the ones in Christian-majority countries like the US," he said.
"She told me she would always watch Christmas cartoons (the one with the mouse who stays up all night for Santa on Christmas Eve but falls asleep right before Santa shows up) and movies with the trees and snowfall and dreamed about living it some day."
Despite not being a Christian himself, the grandson admitted in another comment that "Christmas is my favourite holiday!".
shawnwasim, we couldn't agree more.