Dying Boy's Wish: A New Christmas Card Record

 Twice a day, every day for the past three weeks, a mail truck has arrived at the home of Dalton Dingus, a 9-year-old boy from rural Kentucky with a singular Christmas wish -- to receive a record-breaking number of Christmas cards before he succumbs to the disease that has already left him virtually unable to breathe.

At first the cards came in slowly. A family friend had posted an appeal for well-wishes on Facebook. Dalton's mother would display them on the mantel and in his room beside his bed. Most came from neighbors and friends, a few from friends of friends.

But then the postmarks started changing, and the return addresses were from places Dalton had never heard of. Cards from Ireland and Italy, South Dakota and South Africa. Wishes of "Feliz Navidad" and "Joyeux Noel" from children, some younger than Dalton, who chose to write to him instead of Santa Claus.

ADDRESS TO SEND DALTON A CARD:  Dalton Dingus HC 62 Box 1249 Salyersville, KY 41465.

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