How a Coca-Cola employee made this non-verbal boy's dreams come true

Eleven-year-old Bryce McFeeters of St. Thomas, Ont., loves two things: Santa and Coca-Cola, his mom says.

So when the opportunity came for the Coca-Cola holiday truck to pull up in front of the family home last week, Karrie McFeeters jumped at the chance for her son, who has autism and is non-verbal, to experience it.

It all started with a Facebook post.

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That's when fellow St. Thomas mom Raemie O'Brien messaged Karrie. O'Brien's husband, Jamie O'Brien, is the vending manager for Coke Canada Bottling in London, Ont., and a volunteer for the Coca-Cola Holiday Caravan Tour, featuring a semi-trailer driven by Santa Claus and painted red with a giant image of Saint Nicholas. The truck tours Canada, making stops at various spots.

Last Wednesday, when Jamie was out with the holiday truck at the Ronald McDonald House charity in London, Raemie texted her husband to see if Santa would record a video message for Bryce.

"Then about 10 minutes later, my husband calls me and he says, 'Santa is in the Christmas spirit this year, he wants to actually bring the truck to St. Thomas and surprise Bryce,'" Raemie said.

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