With Christmas day fast approaching , the present shopping rush is in full swing. Children everywhere are looking for the hottest toy or the latest game, your other half might be dropping hints about an expensive watch or even a trip away. 

 

But sometimes the best gifts are the ones that cost almost nothing. 

 

For mum-of-one Hayley Webster from Norfolk, that gift was a piece of sheet music that cost £1.50. 

 

 

 

In a viral twitter thread, Webster shared the story of Christmas when she was nine years old. Due to her parents impending divorce, Webster and her younger sister were living with their father and his new girlfriend. 

 

Not to be deterred by the upheaval in their young lives, Webster did her best to keep that holiday magic alive for her five-year-old sister. 

 

 

 

 The girls were fond of their father's girlfriend, who made efforts to connect with the girls and attempt to make the difficult time in their lives more fun. 

 

 

 

 

In the envelope was the sheet music to "We're Walking in the Air", a song that Webster had been attempting to teach herself on the piano for some time.

 

 

 

 

Webster then says that the encounter shaped how she views giving at Christmas. 

 

 

 

The tweets have since gone viral, amassing nearly half a million likes and receiving attention from the likes of J.K Rowling: 

 

 

 

 

 

Speaking to BBC News, Webster said, "I've never had anything that's gone so big before, it's very exciting." 

 

She also said that her sister remembers the elves that Webster created for her, and now does the same with her own children. 

 

A children's writer, Webster has hinted that this lovely story might even find it's way into a book. We really hope it does! 

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