- Before all that. I wanna talk about
one of the special things happening this week.
We asked you to take your Pilot G2 Gel Ink Pens,
the go to pen of the Kelly Clarkson show
and submit a handwritten letter about someone
overachieving and bringing the Christmas Spirit to others.
Um, in other words, a real life Santa.
Uh, today's letter comes from a mom and her twin daughters.
Let's say hi to Laticia and her little girls
Luna and Jonella.
(Audience cheering)
We have them on the line right now.
(Audience clapping)
[Kelly] Hi y'all!
- Hi
[Kelly] Okay. So Merry Christmas to all of you.
First of all, and you look beautiful.
- Thank you! Merry Christmas to you.
- Absolutely. So Laticia can you read us your letter?
[Laticia] Yes, Dear Kelly.
I want to tell you about my kids' real life Santa.
We call him Alvin the Elf. Last Christmas,
my four year old twins wrote letters to Santa and attached
them to balloons.
Alvin found one balloon 600 miles away in Louisiana.
He got the girls everything on the list,
but there was one gift he couldn't ship. A puppy.
So he actually drove to us and gave them their
brand new puppy, Max.
If that's not a real life Santa, I don't know what is.
[Kelly] That's so magical. So wait we have a picture of Max
right now and also Max is taking a nap. Oh my...
Oh my God! And that dog, that dog is so cute!
Oh my gosh. So here's what's cool.
Um, Alvin is also dialed in, but he has no idea
Laticia and her girls called him their real life Santa.
(Singing) "Real Life Santa"
[Kelly] We'll hide Leticia, Luna and Jonella
until we're ready to reveal the surprise.
So, let's bring Alvin in here. All right.
Hi Alvin!
(Audience applause)
Hello!
It's nice to meet you. Can you,
can you tell us about finding the balloon?
- Sure. Uh, last December I was down in Grand Cane,
Louisiana, deer hunting. And while I was in the woods,
I came across a Red Mylar Balloon. So I went to investigate.
And when I got the ballon, retrieved the balloon,
there was a note attached to it.
So I opened it up and it was supposed to go to Santa.
So my wife got on the internet and I asked people to share
it. And we had over 220 shares. And in
- Oh wow!
- less than 24 hours, we had found the family.
(Audience claps)
[Kelly] Oh my gosh! Um well, I love what you did for them.
You ended up actually getting the stuff, right?
- Yeah. My wife then posted an update
that we found the family and we didn't ask for donations
uh and people, just coworkers, family,
everybody just started donating.
We shipped five boxes of toys, uh clothes, play clothes,
stuffed animals, blankets, and all kinds of stuff to them.
But the one thing we could not ship to them that I talked to
their mom about was a puppy.
We made an arrangement once he got old enough and we drove
up there and met the family and it was instant connection.
They love the puppy. They loved us and we love them.
[Kelly] Aw!
- Now we have an extended family and I'm an only child.
And she's like my little sister and we talked and we still
talk and text each way, three or four times a week or more.
[Kelly] Oh my gosh. Okay. I'm emotional. Don't say that.
Okay. Woo! Everyday, what am I talking about?
Well, here's something that you don't know, uh Laticia
and her girls wrote to me saying that you are actually their
real life Santa. Um, and they're on the line and they have
something they want to say to you. So, Laticia,
kids go for it.
(Audience Applause)
- Hi Alvin!
- Alvin, we want to let you know that you mean so much
to us. You're such a genuine person who deserves it all,
you know from the moment that we met you,
we knew that you weren't just going to be our friend,
but actually part of our family. We love you Alvin.
Thank you for everything.
[Kelly] Aw!
- I love you so so much, ladies!
[Kelly] So I got to know, girls how's Max doing?
He looks like he's taking a pretty good nap right now.
(Audience laughs)
- He is.
[Kelly] Well, Max seems like the cutest puppy in
all of the land.
So I'm so glad that y'all got to meet up like this.
It's such a magical story. Thank y'all for sharing with us.
And you're today's real life Santa, Alvin.
Um, and it comes with more than just a title.
Pilot G2 Gel Ink Pen is designed for overachievers,
just like you. And that's why Pilots using their pen to
write you a check for $5,000. How's that sound?
(Audience cheering)
- Aw!
[Alvin] Thank you so much! Sorry!
- Alvin said sorry?
[Kelly] Oh my gosh!
- I'm sorry!
- Sorry.
[Kelly] Oh, don't be sorry. I wish I could hug you
right now. Join me won't you? I'm bawling.
All right. Well thank y'all so much, Merry Christmas!