The gift of life is the ultimate Christmas present and the whole land will be hoping little Harry Lee’s wish comes true.
Waiting for a heart transplant, with his own giving up despite repeated surgery, the four-year-old and his parents will be in our thoughts.
The Mirror is proud to have run a successful campaign for England’s organ donation laws to be changed to bring them in line with Wales and Scotland.
The new opt-out system will boost the number of organs grieving loved ones agree can be used to save others.
Yet we will still require donors and recipients to be matched – so as the reform is introduced, families like Harry’s will be waiting nervously for the call to say the surgeons are ready.
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It is an inescapable truth that someone has to die for Harry to be saved.
But we hope a mourning family will find comfort in a Christmas miracle and this young boy receives the greatest gift of all – the gift of life.
Driving us mad
Christmas travel mayhem today and tomorrow will leave people on jammed roads, packed coaches and crammed trains wondering why they bothered.
But we all know why. Each of us yearns to spend December 25 with family and friends.
And that, for many of us, means travelling – sometimes hundreds of miles.
Wet weather isn’t helping this year with floods adding to the usual obstacles. We wish patience, luck and speed to everyone on the move. May you arrive safely, eventually.
Christmas comes at the same time every year, so hopefully at some stage a government and private firms which seem to be taken by surprise will prepare in advance to help the great getaway. Is that too much to expect?
Glasto goal
It really will be a footie-fest if the Glastonbury team steps in to help Qatar plan a tent city for the 2022 World Cup.
But while the desert camp would re-create the music event’s long queues for portaloos, there is no chance of it turning into a mudbath.
