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DALLAS - Christmas will not be so bleak, after all, thanks to strangers touched by a family's misfortune.

Wednesday, News 8 reported on a family whose Christmas presents had been stolen from underneath their tree. All that the thieves left were four boxes of popcorn. Glenda Bruce's children -- two of whom are mentally and physically challenged -- faced a holiday without gifts.

But Bruce's story resonated with North Texans, and just as in 'The Grinch Who Stole Christmas,' the thieves could not take away the spirit of the season.

"For someone to take somebody's Christmas like that... that's wrong," said Cheryl Jackson. "And there's somebody who can help, and I want to be that somebody."

Jackson said she has a heart for giving. Next month, she will launch her radio show called "The Giving Movement."

"I know so many people, and everybody has ten or so people in their circle," Jackson said. "Imagine if everybody gave just $50! You could change a life!"

And that's just what happened. Family and friends of Jackson started calling and donating. Dallas police received a bicycle and cash from strangers.

The Bruce family's luck changed.

"This will be something they'll tell their kids and their kids' kids. Then they'll teach them," Jackson said. "They'll move it forward and do it for somebody else."

At last check, more than $1,200 had been raised, and the family got to go on a new Christmas shopping spree.