Kate and Gerry McCann have been flooded with presents for their missing daughter Madeleine - which they pray she will be home in time to open. (Daily Mail Friday 21st December 2007)
The couple are facing their 'hardest Christmas imaginable' without their four-year-old daughter but continue to receive gifts, messages and cards from well-wishers all over the world. They are said to be 'immensely touched' by the support they have received from well-wishers, who have sent Christmas presents for Madeleine and also for their two-year-old twins, Sean and Amelie.
Hundreds of people across the world have sent gifts as a gesture of support for the couple, who remain official suspects in their daughter's disappearance.
They plan to have a 'very quiet, private Christmas with family' but have said they will give Sean and Amelie the gifts that have been sent for them.
Spokesman Clarence Mitchell said: "Kate and Gerry are immensely touched by the continued support and sympathy they have been shown by people all over the world. Particularly at this time of year as they face their hardest Christmas imaginable, the messages of support have been of immense comfort to them."
