Helen McCarthy has been to meet a very special young girl who is at the top of Santa's list this year.

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On the run up to Christmas, there's one essential trip that every family needs to make - to Santa's Grotto! Because not only is it a chance to meet the great man himself ... It's also the best time to ensure he knows exactly what's on your Christmas list! This year's grotto at Bradgate Park opens this weekend, but one very special child was at the front of the queue: Shinay Godfrey, a patient at Leicester's Hospitals who suffers from an incredibly rare condition since birth. Helen McCarthy went to meet her: