California family revives beloved Christmas tradition with surprise sleepover visit

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A household successful California brought backmost a longstanding Christmas contented that went viral connected societal media.

Daniel Miller and chap cousins amazed their grandparents with a pre-Christmas sleepover, an yearly contented they telephone Grandparents Christmas.

Video posted to societal media Dec. 21, which has present drawn 14 cardinal views, captured the surprise. 

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The video kicks disconnected showing Miller and his woman entering his grandparents' location stating, "I'm present to walk the night."

His grandma responds, with a seemingly amazed tone, "That's fine. You tin walk the nighttime if you'd similar to."

Carrol and Toni Blackstock

A household amazed their grandparents with an yearly pre-Christmas tradition. (Daniel Miller)

The viral video features their household making pizzas, doing arts and crafts activities and sharing memories together.

"I bash convey you for each coming," Miller's grandfather, Carroll Blackstock said successful the video. "I tin archer you that this country has not felt this benignant of emotion ever, and we admit it. Thank you truthful much."

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Miller told Fox News Digital the recognition for the astonishment goes to his wife, who precocious mislaid her grandparents.

"She benignant of brought up the thought of doing this aged household contented that we had that benignant of hasn't happened. … I was like, 'All right, I'm gonna spell up and bash it,' and truthful we did it," said Miller.

Toni Blackstock hugged by household  member

Daniel Miller and his household members amazed their grandmother, Toni Blackstock. (Daniel Miller)

Miller was the archetypal to enter, and helium said helium began texting cues for the others to articulation him inside. As the remainder of Miller's cousins and household members began to trickle in, his grandma asked him, "Are we doing Grandparent's Christmas?"

"It clicked beauteous rapidly for her," said Miller. 

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The 25-year contented was started by Miller's grandmother, Toni Blackstock. 

"She would big events astatine her location each twelvemonth benignant of starring up to Christmas," Miller told Fox News Digital.

Toni Blackstock hugs household  member

Video shows the household sharing memories, eating pizza and doing arts and crafts activities. (Daniel Miller)

He said making pizza was ever a staple astatine the event, an ode to his grandmother's Italian heritage.

Miller said his grandparents were "always present," which taught him the acquisition that "the top acquisition you tin springiness idiosyncratic is your time."

"[Our grandparents] decidedly [gave their time] to each of their kids and grandchildren," said Miller, recounting their changeless beingness astatine day parties and sporting events. "I deliberation that's taught america that clip is precise invaluable and that [we] should ever travel unneurotic arsenic family. And you should ever privation to marque clip for the ones that you love."

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When asked if his grandparents knew of their newfound net fame, helium said, "They don't cognize what viral means.

"We benignant of enactment it successful perspective," said Miller. "This is touching a batch of people's hearts, and this has created a batch of tears of joy. And, so, it made them consciousness truly good."

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