A GIRL from Louisiana, the U.S., received a Christmas miracle in the form of a balloon that almost found its way to Santa Claus.

    Keani Page released a balloon in the air in Lafayette, Louisiana with a letter to Santa attached, asking for a tablet, light-up shoes and a turtle.

    Four days later, Rachel Goffinet found the balloon and note nearly 800 miles (1,287 km) away in Evanston, Indiana — about 10 miles south of the town of Santa Claus. So she put on her elf hat to help Santa Claus fulfill Keani’s wish.

    “I’m not going to cry, but this is a Christmas miracle,” said Keani’s mom, Sheena.

    Six-year-old Keani and her 10-year-old sister decided their letters would get to Santa faster if they were flown there.

    “I thought it would’ve just come right back down. I never thought it would make it to where it did,” Sheena said.

    “I came inside and he was yelling about going to find a dog. He wanted to go get the dog,” Goffinet said.

    But it wasn’t a dog in the distance. Instead, it was Keani’s pink and purple princess balloon, with her letter still attached.

    “It was right down there about where the ditch line is,” Goffinet showed. “Where it landed at was pretty neat because 10 miles north, it would have landed in Santa Claus, Indiana.”

    “I said, ‘Santa Claus, Indiana?’ This is crazy. This is a miracle,” Sheena said.

    Goffinet said her family was already planning to help another family for Christmas, so Keani’s wish was perfect.(SD-Agencies)