Ben and Lily were sitting at a rickety, splintered wooden table that someone had thrown away in the dumpster right outside their house. They were playing checkers, but some of the pieces were missing, so they had to use pennies and nickels.

As the whole world was bustling around, making last-minute preparations on Christmas Eve, one child, Benjamin Evans, was peering through the dimly lit window display of the toy store. There it sat, the brand new LEGO® set, the Eiffel Tower in the center of the window attracting any eye that passed. Even though many people may laugh, thinking the 18-year-old was too old for toys, Ben had always loved Lego sets. He wondered what it would be like to have a brand new one, instead of a used, handed-down kit with pieces missing