 Best Christmas Ever is back in Bemidji to bring holiday cheer to a local family. Our own Cheryl Moore has a preview of their planning efforts. I think it's important for people to know that people are out there doing good for people and it's our job to continue it. One family Bemidji will get the best Christmas ever this year thanks to the BCE movement. To see some folks that are kind of down in their luck and a little less fortunate around the holidays is you know it's it's kind of heartbreaking and it's good to it's good to give back and see you know just have them have a have a great holiday. Best Christmas Ever started in 2011 with only one family. This year they plan to help a hundred across the U.S. and Canada. Last year's Bemidji recipient Debbie Aites was diagnosed with cancer in 2014. Her house also burned down in the midst of chemo and radiation treatments. Her co-workers nominated her last year to ensure her and her two daughters had a good holiday. They kept saying to me at work this is going to be the best Christmas ever. I think I have the best Christmas ever. All of a sudden the bus pulls into my driveway and it's full of these people and I'm like what's going on? I was really scared and they came out and they were like surprised and they had presents for my girls. For days after that it happened I'd be driving my car and I'd just start to cry because I couldn't believe that people would be so nice. Thirteen families from the Bemidji area have been nominated to receive the best Christmas ever this year. That selection process started last night at this CK Dudley's. We're looking through the everyone's nominations and that's the hardest thing about it. The big reveal won't happen until the week before Christmas. Although there's still ways the community can get involved. We're going to have a couple tree locations that are going to be around the community. There'll be tags on each tree that individuals or community members can grab a tag, provide a gift for the family, bring it back before you know December 20th. Debbie is now on the team to help select the Bemidji BCE recipient. She says the important thing to her is giving back. We always need to look at this and we're blessed and we need to pay it forward. Reporting in Bemidji, Shrelmore, Lakeland News. If you'd like to donate a gift to this year's Bemidji's best Christmas ever family, trees will be located at CK Dudley's and Jake Bloom's State Farm Insurance Office. What a great program that is. Certainly is. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.