Man fills 18 Wheeler with toys for Christmas. This is Jim Denison's daily article for Wednesday, December 26th, 2018.

A Dallas man worked with several area foundations to fill an 18 Wheeler with toys for a thousand needy children.

Gregory Hudson says most of the toys were bought with his own money. His motivation was simple. He struggled as a child and wanted to help those who are

where he was. When you get up, make sure you go back and take care of your people, he said.

In other news, a mother says her six-year-old met the real Santa last week at a sporting good store

in Fort Worth, Texas. Matthew Foster is blind and has autism. His mother, Misty Wolf, told

reporters that he's very interested in Santa, so she brought

him to a store early to avoid the crowds and hope for the best.

Their visit was better than she could have imagined.

When Wolf explained Matthew's condition, Santa raised his hand and said, say no more.

She later told reporters that he knew exactly what to do.

He walked over and knelt next to Matthew and invited him to touch his coat, its buttons, and his hat, while he explained

what Matthew was feeling. He got on the floor so Matthew would be more comfortable, then carried

him to a taxidermine animal in the display to touch its antlers. Santa even let Matthew pull on his

white beard. He was pretty magical, as mother said.

We could focus on discouraging news this morning. An eight-year-old boy died in U.S. Border Patrol

custody. The Indonesian tsunami death tolls climbed above 400, and a police officer was killed by a

driver with multiple prescription drugs in his system. The officer was conducting a traffic stop at the time.

There's always bad news in the news.

However, I'd rather shift our attention elsewhere today.

Our two sons and their families were with Janet and me for Christmas.

We have a nearly five-year-old granddaughter and three grandsons.

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