Daniel Miller, along with his fellow cousins, surprised their grandparents with a pre-Christmas sleepover, an annual tradition titled “Grandparents Christmas.”<\/a><\/p>\n WE CAN STILL HAVE A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS AS WE GET OLDER<\/a><\/p>\n Video, which has now garnered 14 million views, posted to social media on Sunday, Dec. 21, captured the surprise.\u00a0<\/p>\n The video kicks off showing Miller and his wife entering his grandparents’ home stating, “I’m here to spend the night,” to which his grandmother lovably responds, with a seemingly surprised tone, “That’s fine, you can spend the night if you’d like to.”<\/p>\n A family surprised their grandparents with an annual pre-Christmas tradition. (Daniel Miller)<\/p>\n The viral video<\/a> features their family making pizzas, doing arts and crafts activities and sharing memories together.<\/p>\n “I do thank you for all coming,” Miller’s grandfather, Carroll Blackstock said in the video. “I can tell you that this room has not felt this kind of love ever and we appreciate it. Thank you so much.”<\/p>\n AJ BROWN, TEE HIGGINS AMONG NFL STARS REMINISCE ON CHRISTMAS MEMORIES AS THEY IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIES<\/a><\/p>\n Miller told Fox News Digital that the credit for the surprise was due to his wife, who recently lost her grandparents.<\/a><\/p>\n “She kind of brought up the idea of doing this old family tradition that we had that kind of hasn’t happened \u2026 I was like, ‘All right, I’m gonna go ahead and do it,’ and so we did it,” said Miller.<\/p>\n Daniel Miller and his family members surprised their grandmother, Toni Blackstock. (Daniel Miller)<\/p>\n Miller was the first to enter, and he said he began texting cues for the others to join him inside. As the rest of Miller’s fellow cousins and family members began to trickle in, his grandmother asked him, “Are we doing ‘Grandparent’s Christmas’?”<\/p>\n “It clicked pretty quickly for her,” said Miller.\u00a0<\/p>\n MAN’S SIMPLE CHRISTMAS GIFT SPARKS CHAIN OF EERIE ‘GODWINKS’ \u2014 THEN A FINAL TWIST STUNS EVERYONE<\/a><\/p>\n The 25-year tradition was started by Miller’s grandmother, Toni Blackstock.\u00a0<\/p>\n “She would host events at her house every year kind of leading up to Christmas,” Miller told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n Video shows the family sharing memories, eating pizza and doing arts and crafts activities. (Daniel Miller)<\/p>\n He said making pizza<\/a> was always a staple at the event, an ode to his grandmother’s Italian heritage.<\/p>\n Miller said his grandparents were “always present,” which taught him the lesson that “the greatest gift you can give someone is your time.”<\/p>\n “[Our grandparents] definitely [gave their time] to all of their kids and grandchildren,” said Miller, recounting their constant presence at birthday parties and sporting events. “I think that’s taught us that time is very valuable and that [we] should always come together as family, and you should always want to make time for the ones that you love.”<\/p>\n![\"Carrol](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/carrol-and-toni-blackstock.jpg\")
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