Imagine you had 80 seconds in a Toys R' Us to grab whatever you could. Sweet deal, huh? Houston Texans wide receiver Andre Johnson made that dream a reality on Tuesday morning for dozens of kids from the Harris County Department of Family Protective Services.
Per the Houston Chronicle, Johnson gathered together kids at a Toys R' Us near NRG Stadium, and said some of the sweetest words they could have heard there: "You can go through the store and get whatever you want. I’ll pay for it. Have a Merry Christmas."
From there, the kids were off on an 80-second shopping spree, grabbing whatever they could find and loading up their carts. (Johnson noted that video game systems would be available for the kids who wanted them.) Here's the spree in action:
After the 80 seconds were done, Johnson spent 20 minutes going from register to register, paying for each shopping cart with his credit card. Final total: $16,266.26.
This is the eighth year Johnson has spread Christmas joy to Houston-area kids. “Me and my uncle were sitting in the house one day," he said. "And I was like, ‘I want to do something for Christmas.’ And he was just like, ‘Have you ever thought about having kids go through Toys R Us and get what they want?’ And I was just like, ‘Naw, I never really thought about that.’ He was like, ‘Give ‘em 80 seconds to run through the store and let ‘em just get what they want.’ And I was like, ‘That’s not enough time.’ And he was like, ‘They can grab a lot.’"
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