Joy of Christmas

When children saw the phone number for the Wishing Well toy store advertised during a Whittier Christmas parade, they figured they’d hit the jackpot with a direct line to Santa Claus. The store’s phone started ringing off the hook.

Now, the owners of the store, Stephanie and Paul Brenier, are trying to make some of the children’s wishes come true, starting with a trip to Disneyland, the Whittier Daily News reported Monday.

Stephanie Brenier said their number “464-wish” is easy to remember and that many kids believed it was Santa’s phone number.

“We were still walking in the parade when (children) started calling the store,” she told the newspaper. “At least 40 kids called in those first few days after the parade.”

The couple started taking down the children’s wishes and phone numbers, according to the newspaper. The wishes ranged from toys to a request for parents to stop fighting. Stephanie Araujo, 9, wished for tickets to Disneyland for her family.

The Breniers decided they could grant that wish. And they delivered the surprise at the Lydia Jackson Elementary School, making young Stephanie shed tears of happiness.

The couple now plan to try to randomly grant one wish per month, to the best of their ability, the newspaper reported.

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