Today is Christmas Eve and David Goldman got his son back.

Everyone knows the story. Five years ago, 4 year old Sean was abducted by his mother Bruna and whisked to Brazil. There she divorced David, married a wealthy lawyer, and subsequently died in childbirth. After her death, the stepfather’s family refused to give the boy back.

Come again?

It didn't take a King Solomon to declare that a crime was committed and that the boy legally and ethically belonged with his father. But the stepfather’s family was rich and powerful, and you can bet plenty of justices were nicely subsidized to keep that boy in Brazil.

So David Goldman suffered shock, grief, anger, and bewilderment, and sacrificed his life to get his only child back.

As of a few hours ago father and son were rejoined.

It’s a joyous Christmas present, but it’s no miracle.

Secretary of state Hillary Clinton, working under her fatherless boss Obama, threatened to cut-off aid to the Brazilian government unless the boy was returned.

Overnight, the country grew a conscience.

Now people are saying that the decision might be a mistake. It won’t be easy for Sean to adjust after losing the family he grew to love and returned to a father and country he no longer remembered. Besides, he had already suffered the death of his mother.

And who knows what the mother’s family told him about his father, that David had abandoned him, that he didn’t give a damn anymore.

But I believe that in time, love and truth conquers all. And isn’t that the true story of Jesus’ birth and the spirit of the season?

So I applaud the decision.

It is righteous and honorable and the singular chance to mend the broken soul of a man and a very frightened little boy.