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>> A WIN?
>> YEAH.
SANTA HAS DELIVERED BILLIONS OF
PRESENTS.
CHECK
.
>>> NOW AT 4:30, MERRY
CHRISTMAS EVE ON HUNDREDS OF
DALLAS' HOMELESS.
THE HOTEL DECKED OUT FOR 500
GUESTS WHO WILL BE STAYING
THERE THIS EVENING AFTER THEY
ENJOY THE FULL DAY OF THE
EVENTS.
IT'S SOMETHING SPECIAL TO TAKE
OFF THEIR MIND.
ELIZABETH DINH SHARES SOME OF
THE STORIES WITH US.
>> THIS IS THEIR DAY TO BE IN
THE SPOTLIGHT.
THE STARS OF THE BIG EVENT ARE
500 PEOPLE INCLUDING MEN, WOMEN
AND CHILDREN.
NORMALLY THEY HAVE TO SLEEP IN
A SHELTER OR OUT IN THE STREET.
FAN FARE AND FREE STAY AT THE
OMNI WILL BE A PART OF THE
SPECIAL DAY.
>> NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
THIS.
THIS IS AWESOME.
>> THEY WERE PICKED BY A
LOTTERY STAY WITH RECEIVE FOOD,
CLOTHES AND MORE.
ROYAL TREATMENT, BY THIS DAY,
I'LL BE COMFORTABLE.
>> WORDS CAN'T DESCRIBE HOW
HUMBLING PHS TO HOLD THEIR
HANDS AND GIVE THEM A HUG.
TAIGS AMAZING.
IT CHANGED MY LIFE.
>> THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SOUP
MOBILE DISHES OUT 200,000
DISHES EACH YEAR.
THERE'S PEOPLE IN NEED IN A
DIFFERENT WAY.
>> AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE WOKE
UP EARLY THIS MORNING, TO BE
HERE TO WAIT FOR US AND TO BE
SO WILLING TO BE PART OF OUR
CHRISTMAS.
THAT'S VERY, VERY AMAZING.
>> DEFINITELY A LIFE-CHANGING
EVENT FOR SO MANY PEOPLE.
IN SOME CASES, THIS EVENT HAS
BEEN A CATALYST FOR THOSE WHO
TAKE PART, TO CHANGE THEIR
LIVES, SO THEY CAN GET OUT OF
THE STREETS FOR GOOD.
ELIZABETH DINH, CBS 11 NEWS.