 Best Christmas Ever is back this year to bring holiday cheer to another local Bemidji family. Lakeland News reporter Sherell Moore has their heartwarming story. Santa's helpers in Bemidji have been busy this month, making sure one local family has the best Christmas ever. To have everybody out there and just to see familiar faces and unfamiliar, but just to have them showing up for us, I mean it's just it's it's huge. I mean it's overwhelming. It's overwhelming. It's emotional. Bryce and Aaron Britton are a local family of six. They fell on hard times earlier this year right after their youngest daughter was born in February. Right before our 10-year anniversary, we found out a couple days later we went in for what we thought maybe pneumonia or some kind of sickness like that. And so they referred us to Duluth Ucencia Medical Center and we got the news that night. The news that our son Truman was diagnosed with leukemia. The family has been making non-stop trips to Duluth for Truman's treatment. The family is known for their kindness and that's what prompted Amy to nominate them. Thinking about Aaron and Bryce and all they've been through this year decided to nominate their family to have a chance at the community to give back for all Aaron and Bryce give to us. Aaron is one of the first to help anytime somebody needs it at school and I work with her and Bryce is serving our country and has obviously done well for the community that way. The Best Christmas Ever elves went to work last night wrapping gifts for the family. All the gifts were donated by members of the Bemidji community. The amount of people that were here last night for the wrap, I mean you could just feel the energy knowing that we're going to make such an impact on this family for this Christmas and just to see their reaction was outstanding. And it wasn't only gifts, Aaron and Bryce got another big surprise. So we'll be able to help pay some bills off or whatever that may be. So we'd like to present this to you guys. You can call Operation Best Christmas Ever 2017 a success and believe it or not organizers are already getting ready for next year. And our nominations will start next year in October so we just want to get the word out sooner so that we have more and more families that are nominated so that we can bless somebody next year. As a community I think that's huge to see everybody come together and if we can do even one small part and pay it forward that would just be the least we can do. Reporting of Bemidji, Shrelmore, Lakeland News. And the other 12 families who were nominated for Best Christmas Ever will not be left empty-handed. They're all getting gift cards thanks to Best Christmas Ever committee. What a great program that is. Oh it certainly is. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.