12-year-old Toronto boy shines shoes to help family afford Christmas gifts | From 1967

0 December 23, 2025 14:00

12-year-old Michael Mayhew hurries home after attending school in Toronto to grab his shoe shine box so he earn a few dollars to help his mother and father afford gifts for his five brothers and three sisters on Christmas.

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