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<\/p>\nFORT WORTH, Texas – A North Texas child will receive gifts from around the country after his Angel Tree wish blew up on TikTok.<\/p>\n
A teacher posted a video, worried that the young Philadelphia Eagles fan would be ignored in Cowboys country. The response was beyond anything she could have expected.<\/p>\n
Eagles Angel Tree Wish <\/p>\n
When Nicole Swartz went to pick an Angel Tree child at her church, one tag stuck out to her \u2013 an 11-year-old child in Fort Worth who is a football player and a Philadelphia Eagles fan.<\/p>\n
The Mansfield Middle School teacher overheard another family comment on the boy\u2019s favorite team.<\/p>\n
“He was like, this kid is not going to get picked. He likes the Eagles. We live in Dallas Nation. This isn\u2019t going to work. And he put it back,” Swartz said.<\/p>\n
So, she grabbed him instead.<\/p>\n
But as she\u2019s not really a football fan, she turned to TikTok for help, leaning on the City of Brotherly Love for gift ideas.<\/p>\n
“I was just trying to get as much ideas as possible, and it kind of just blew up,” she said.<\/p>\n
Football Fans Respond <\/p>\n
That initial video now has more than half a million views. The comments are flooded with mostly Eagles fans offering to send the child Eagles gear.<\/p>\n
Swartz received posters, wall d\u00e9cor, jerseys, t-shirts, jackets, and two pairs of tennis shoes.<\/p>\n
Then the Philadelphia Eagles organization contacted her with an offer to ship its own personalized box of goodies \u2013 everything from a signed helmet to a ball that says, “Go Birds!”<\/p>\n
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On Christmas morning, the young fan will be surprised by a mountain of packages from complete strangers. Even some Cowboys fans sent gifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There\u2019s also now an Amazon Wishlist to help with the basics, such as clothing and toys.<\/p>\n
Joyous Christmas <\/p>\n
Swartz described the emotional phone call she received from the child\u2019s grandmother, giving thanks.<\/p>\n
“She starts telling me he is a super shy kid, but he is trying to come out of his shell,” she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She\u2019s hoping it will be a transformative Christmas that creates the spark for a football future.<\/p>\n
“Maybe one day I will see him on the big screen. Maybe one day,” the teacher said.<\/p>\n
Swartz said the experience has also convinced her to be somewhat of an Eagles fan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I have to now,” she joked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Source: FOX 4’s Peyton Yager gathered information for this story by talking to Nicole Swartz about her TikTok video and Angel Tree experience.<\/p>\n
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