MANTON — In a ringing unison that would have melted the heart of just about any holiday Scrooge, five rambunctious boys sang out the words "Thank you!" as they set
His mother, Brandie, said she and her husband had been keeping a secret from their son.
They told him he couldn t be at their Manton home because there was an insurance inspection going on, so they had to stay elsewhere for a couple of days.
When they returned home, Brandie told TJ to try to keep his dad from entering the house because she was trying to surprise him with a Christmas gift â another ruse.
The real gift was for TJ and it was in the basement. The door looked different because it was part of the gift. When he saw the door, he just stood there for a minute not saying anything, Brandie said. We kept telling him, open the door, open the door!
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