Christmas is the season for giving, and some people take that theme to heart!
Andre Johnson recently retired from the NFL, but he is still a big player off the field. As part of his annual tradition, Andre just did something amazing for needy kids.
For years now, Andre has gathered needy kids and taken them to a toy store, then told them to pick out the toys they want before he pays for all of them.
This is a very sweet gesture, but surely people have a limit on how much they can spend, right? Wrong!
This year's toy bill was almost $20,000! After the kids picked out their toys, Andre got to the register and saw the number on the receipt: $19,144.58.
The former Houston Texans star took a dozen kids to a local Houston Toys "R" Us and let them go wild. The kids got to run around and pick out toys to their heart's desire in 80 seconds!
Anyone who knows kids knows they only need five seconds to pick out all the toys they want.
"When you grow up in certain situations you kind of understand," Andre says in the video below. "There were times when I was not able to get what I wanted for Christmas. So I know that a lot of kids don't get what they want for Christmas. This idea was brought to me and I just kind of took it and ran with it."
If you love to see stories like this around Christmas, you will also love this story about a Marine standing watch while asking for Toys for Tots.
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