It was the first movie I can remember sobbing through. The Kid Who Loved Christmas was one of those movies that made every mom grab her child and refuse to let go – no matter how hard they squirmed.
The quick synopsis: All that’s left for Mom and Dad to adopt a little boy is their John and Jane Hancocks. Suddenly, Mom dies. The courts decide the same guy they were so willing to allow to adopt little Reggie last week isn’t up to snuff. Apparently, a single man adopting a little boy just isn’t done (methinks not much has changed since the early ‘90s). Little Reggie opts to march out to the department store Santa to solve the problem. Cue the tears. Buckets of them.
I got a little wet around the eyes when I heard the story of an 11-year-old boy from Genesee County, Michigan this week, caught in another adoption loophole.
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