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LA PORTE, Texas (FOX 26) - We can start with the delightfully obvious — 30 pounds of pure cute proudly donning police blue.
Turns out little Danika Michalcik wouldn't have it any other way, because 24/7, 365 days a year, all her heroes wear the badge.
"It started when she was about two and she saw a police officer on a motorcycle and he let her sit on the motorcycle and take pictures and then it went on and I'd be driving down the road and she would scream out 'Mom!' and literally put me in shock and say 'it’s a police officer,'" said Brooke Michalcik, Danika's mother.
Fascination quickly turned to emulation and stuck.
"It's like (police) are her family. It's weird. It's all we talk about at home, she runs through the house trying to catch bad people," said Brooke.
When Danika learned her La Porte officer friends were collecting toys for kids, she all but demanded to help protect and serve. The "Blue Santas" say they couldn't have asked for a better buddy.
“She went in her room and pulled out a big box and started dumping all of her toys into it. I asked her what she was doing and she said it was for the babies," said Brooke.
You could say what happened next truly earned the tot her patch and badge.
"She collected $600 on her own and used some of her own money to buy gifts and give them to others," said Matt Daeumer, Assistant Chief of the La Porte Police Department. "She's just amazing. We could all learn a lesson from her."
It's the timeless lesson that giving is really so much better than receiving, even when just turned three.
"She hasn't asked for a gift. She keeps saying it's for the kids, it’s for the kids," said Brooke.
It's pretty big time stuff from the littlest Blue Santa.
The La Porte Police Department Blue Santa is still collecting toys for a very long list of deserving children. For more information, click here.