FOUNTAIN GREEN, Utah —A tiny rural town in Utah put on its first-ever Christmas light parade this week in the latest gesture aimed at making the holidays special for a dying little girl.
Addie Fausett, 6, watched the parade of floats Tuesday night in front of the small post office in Fountain Green.
It’s there where nearly 300,000 Christmas cards from around the world have arrived in the last month for Addie, whose story had garnered attention across the country. Addie has an undiagnosed illness that has halted her growth since she was 3 and is now causing cerebral atrophy. Doctors say she has less than one year to live.
She hardly talks anymore, struggles to walk and sleep, and weighs less than 25 pounds. She can’t play with other kids because her illness causes behavior problems. Her grandmother came up with the idea to ask people from around the globe to send her Christmas cards to cheer Addie up.
