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Christmas is coming a month late for a little boy and his family in Raleigh They've spent the past month in a Charlotte hospital after doctors discovered a brain tumor in the 6-year-old.

IT MAY NOT >>> A NEIGHBORHOOD IN NORTH RALEIGH IS RALLYING AROUND A LITTLE BOY WHO HAD A BRAIN TUMOR AND SUFFERED FROM A STROKE ONE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. HE AND HIS FAMILY RETURNED HOME TODAY, TO A CHRISTMAS VILLAGE IN THE FRONT YARD. MATT HALL HELM IS THERE. I CANNOT IMAGINE HOW POWERFUL A MOMENT THIS WAS FOR THAT FAMILY AND THIS COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: IT REALLY WAS. THERE WERE DEFINITELY TEARS SHED HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. HAPPY TEARS. WE WERE HERE WHEN SHANE AND HIS MOM PULLED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HAD NOT BEEN HERE SINCE DECEMBER 18th. NOW THEY ARE BACK AT HOME FOR CHRISTMAS IN JANUARY. >> WELCOME HOME, BABY. >> Reporter: CASE TRIAL SMILE STRETCHING FROM EAR TO EAR IS THE GREATEST GIFT. >> HE'S FULL OF SMILES, LAUGHING, ENJOYING MUSIC AND HAVING FUN. >> Reporter: AFTER ALL, HER SON SHANE HAS BEEN THROUGH SINCE THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS. >> HE IS SIX YEARS OLD AND HE SAID THIS WILL BE THE BEST CHRISTMAS EVER. SO, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT THE BEST. >> Reporter: A BRAIN TUMOR PUT THIS LITTLE GUY IN THE HOSPITAL. SURGERY, FOLLOWED BY WEEKS OF THERAPY KEPT HIS FAMILY AWAY FROM THEIR HOME IN THIS NORTH RALEIGH NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. >> WE FOUND OUT THAT SHANE WOULD NOT BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS, CHRISTMAS IN THE ICU IS HEARTBREAKING FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS CHILDREN. >> Reporter: ALEXANDRA LAWN AND P.J. KEISTER GOT TO WORK, LIKE SANTA'S HELPERS. >> IT TOOK A VILLAGE BUT WE GOT A CHRISTMAS TREE NOW. >> Reporter: THEY POSTED A CALL ON NEXT DOOR FOR NEIGHBORS TO SHARE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS, LIGHTS, AND ART OFFICIAL TREES. >> WE ACTUALLY HAVE MORE TREES THEN WE COULD FIT, MORE THAN WE COULD LIKE, MORE THAN POWER. >> Reporter: 21 TREES NOW ADORN THE FRONT LAWN OF SHANE'S HOME. TOPPED OFF WITH MACHINE MADE SNOW AND CHRISTMAS COMES IN JANUARY. >> WE ARE GIVING HIM A SECOND SHOT AT CHRISTMAS. HOPEFULLY SPREADING SOME CHEER TO THEIR FAMILY. >> Reporter: THAT BRINGS US BACK TO THAT BIG SMILE. >> IT HAS BEEN A JOYFUL DAY. >> Reporter: AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD WELCOMED SHANE AND HIS FAMILY HOME FOR A BELATED HOLIDAY. >> WITH EVERYTHING THEY'VE BEEN THROUGH, NOT KNOWING WHAT IS TO COME, AND THEN HAVING THIS, IT IS UNDESCRIBABLE. >> Reporter: IT IS. A GOFUNDME PAGE HAS BEEN SET UP TO HELP THE FAMILY WITH MEDICAL BILLS AND CHAIN SHANE'S ONGOING THERAPY AND TREATMENT WHICH WILL BE NEEDED AFTER THIS. FIRST, THEY WILL BE CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS EVE HERE, TOMORROW NIGHT, AND WE UNDERSTAND, SANTA HAS FOUND IT IN HIS SCHEDULE TO MAKE A SPECIAL VISIT JUST FOR SHANE. >> I WAS THINKING THAT VERY THING THEY DID A GOOD THING, THANK YOU.

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Raleigh neighbors give 6-year-old battling brain tumor a Christmas celebration to remember

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