Many kids are excited about seeing Santa Claus in the course of the Christmas season — while others grow to be overwhelmed with happiness on the sight of “The Elf on the Shelf.”
For 2-year-old Emilia Wadgymar, the true stars of the season are the Virgin Mary and Baby Jesus.
“We went to a spot [where] a Christmas village train was arrange,” the kid’s mother, Tamara Wadgymar of Woodlands, Texas, told Fox News Digital.
“They modified the nativity this yr to be really big. Emilia didn’t even notice the Santa train. She began yelling, ‘Mary! Mary!’ and I began recording.’”
The cute video of little Emilia greeting the figures depicted within the nativity was posted on Wadgymar’s Instagram, where it’s been “liked” greater than 300,000 times and viewed by tens of millions of individuals.
Within the video, Emilia Wadgymar, who’s bilingual, says, “Mary! Mary! Hello Virgin Mary. Hello, baby. Hello, Virgin Mary.”
She kisses the cardboard cutout of Baby Jesus after which says, “I’m going to present her [Mary] a hug.”
The little girl poses for photos with the cutout of Mary and says, “Cheese! Now with the child.”
She fixes the child’s diaper and says, “It fell, but I got it.”
The toddler’s love of Mary and Jesus began at home, where a small nativity scene is placed for her to play with and observe.
However the core of her enthusiasm and adoration, her mom said, comes from the day by day prayer and discussions about Mary and Jesus among the many family.
Wadgymar said her son Bernardo, 4, is battling Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a “rare, cancer-like condition,” in line with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.
Emilia’s big brother is currently receiving chemotherapy at Texas Children’s Hospital.
The family left their home in Mexico for Woodlands, Texas, and in addition lived in Florida for a time during Bernardo’s treatment.
It’s his fourth treatment, in line with Wadgymar — and he has also developed diabetes insipidus.
But as a substitute of specializing in the struggle her family is now facing, Wadgymar said the overall outlook on life is all about gratitude.
At one time, the family “struggled so much.”
“We were living in Airbnbs. At one point, we lost my husband’s insurance,” Wadgymar said.
“But we thank God for having a house now and for the clinical trial Bernardo was a component of and his treatment. We discuss God’s love for us.”
It’s that love that appears to resonate with little Emilia and the nativity.
“I told her, ‘God gave us Jesus because He loves us.’ And I explained how exciting it was for Mary to be having a baby and the way that baby is now born into our hearts each Christmas. Kids really do understand almost anything when you explain it on their level.”
Wadgymar’s video of little Emilia greeting Mother Mary and Baby Jesus has garnered some 5.3 million views on Instagram.
