Teacher has totally amazing reaction to gift from his students

He is PSYCHED.
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Heather Dockray
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This holiday season, give the gift of shoelaces.

In the video below, the sweetest teacher known to man opens up a pair of sneakers his students gave to him for Christmas. Instead of shaming them for what was an obviously weird gift, this teacher embraces the sneakers with open arms.

Have you ever seen a person so excited about a gift in your life?

It's so touching, it'll almost make you want to buy a pair of red sneakers for that special someone in your life.

It'll almost make you like the holidays again.

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Heather Dockray

Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.

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