merriest place to be all year long. 27,000 people came through the store in one day. the town is home to the world s largest christmas store. you can just come in and kind of lose yourself and enjoy the christmas spirit. we want them to feel the joy of christmas, whether it s january, july, december. bronner s christmas wonderland has an area the size of about 1 1/2 football fields filled with trees, lights, nativities, and ornaments of every size, shape, and color. we have over 50,000 different things that we sell here in our store. my father wally would always say, it s up to you to come in and how much it costs to leave is up to you. wally bronner started the business in 1945. his son wayne now runs it. i got to be the ceo when my father passed away. i had the most gray hair. i went from taking care of white tail deer to taking care of rudolph. the business had humble beginnings. wally originally made wooden
long. our record was 27,000 people came through the store in one day. the town is home to the world s largest christmas store. you can just come in, and just kind of lose yourself and enjoy the christmas spirit. we want them to feel the joy of christmas. whether it s january, july, december. bronner s christmas wonderland has an area the size of about 1.5 football fields filled with trees, lights, nativities, and ornaments of every size, shape and color. we have over 50,000 different things that we sell here in our store. my father would always say it s for you to come in, and how much it costs to leave, it s up to you. wally bronner started the business in 1945. his son wayne now runs it. i got to be the ceo when my father passed away. i have the most gray hair, so i went from taking care of white tail deer to taking care of rudolph. the business had humble be n beginnings.
the marine corps as i was leaving the active duty ranks, my predecessor at marine toys for tots said pete i think you are the right guy. i m ready to step aside. will you take it commandant twisted my arm and last i have had the best job a guy could ask for. brian: get to see your softer guy. started 70 years ago a single campaign in los angeles. today over 800 campaigns taking place. big towns, big cities all across. ainsley: tell us what it means. why is this important? what are recipients like of these amazing toys. through the gift of a new toy, game, or book, help bring the joy of christmas and send a message of hope to america s less fortunate children. unfortunately we have over 14 million children in our country that live at the poverty level. jillian: what can people at home do? i feel like sometimes people think if i only get this toy it s a couple of dollars. will it be enough. the hero is the guy who goes out and buys the toy
with the hustle and bustle this time of year, sometimes we can forget what the holidays are truly about. i guess you re right, linus. i shouldn t have picked this little tree. everything i do turns into a disaster. i guess i really don t know what christmas is all about. isn t there anyone who knows what christmas is all about? well, charlie brown, we have just the solution. we do indeed. joining us to tell us about it, the true meaning of christmas, christmas is our fox news religion contributor father jonathan morris. merry christmas. i love that show. christmas is not a water logged snowman, right? it s not santa, although all those things can add to the joy of christmas. what i like to do is read directly from the scripture of what the meaning of christmas is. let s take a look. this is from matthew verse 1 to 21. and she shall bring forth a son
sessions. but then we get to talk about our lives and what we ve done to go on and celebrate their life and what they would enjoy about how we ve moved on and they would be proud of what we ve accomplished. so that brings a joyfulness to the season because they would enjoy what we ve done with our lives. it s a little bit of sadness but a lot of joy too. well, it s so inspirational to see all of you out there and to know that more than 1,000 kids are going to be celebrating the joy of christmas a little earlier and they ll have that happen this weekend. thank you to all the folks out there doing a nice job making a difference in a special way. if you want more information, they can go to your website to learn what they can do tol