An Illinois-based taco eatery was flooded with customers after the owner’s daughter made an emotional plea on TikTok, telling followers she wanted her mom to have a Christmas miracle.

Isabel Milan uploaded the first video on December 8, which included the caption, “I wish I could give her customers for Christmas.” The clip showed Milan’s mother sitting at a table in her empty restaurant with a text overlay that said, “It breaks my heart to see my mom watching the door every day waiting for a customer to walk in.” 

The video went viral on the social media platform, quickly racking up nearly 44 million views. According to multiple updated videos, business at the little taco place is booming and shows no signs of slowing down.

Taco-Bout-Joy is located in Glenview, Illinois. The restaurant belongs to sisters Joy Milan and Kack Keomanivong, who came to the U.S. as refugees from Laos in the 1980s, per Newsweek. The siblings had grown up in poverty and like so many small business owners, they were looking to achieve the American dream. They opened their taco joint in October. 

Kack’s daughter Jordyn told the publication that shortly after the video was posted, “cars flooded in and customers came to visit us to support the restaurant.”

She went on to say how her cousin Isabel “didn’t think much about it” when she posted the TikTok video, but after a few hours business was absolutely booming.

“Originally Joy and Kack had no idea what was happening,” Jordyn said. “It wasn’t until they got to the restaurant and we explained the situation that they realized.”

“We sold over 150 birria tacos alone,” Jordyn added. “We ended up selling out of birria, shrimp, guacamole, and sent out relatives to purchase more steak. I would say over 500 tacos were sold alone, not including burritos and tortas.”

“Thank you for helping and spreading the word about my mom and aunt’s restaurant,” Jordyn told the publication. “To go out and do something to support your community is very appreciated. Giving the recognition my family deserves is one of the best gifts to ever come from anyone!”

She further described the outcome as “a Christmas miracle” and attributed it to the positive impact social media can have. 

“We’re amazed by the support and we’re just taking it all in,” Isabel shared in an update video post showing the restaurant’s kitchen bustling with activity. “If you found tears in your tacos, I’m sorry,” she added in the caption.

HGTV host Christina Haack revealed that she’s suffering from some medical issues that she says likely stem from renovating older “gross” houses in her past. 

The “Christina on the Coast” star shared this week that her medical test results provided answers after having “some unexplained health stuff for years,” per Page Six. “My scan said I have mercury and lead poisoning,” Haack shared to her Instagram Story. “Most likely from all the gross houses I’ve been in (all the bad flips).”

She also revealed she had “small intestine bacteria overgrowth.”

“So we are first detoxing all of this through herbs and IVs and then [we’ll] see how I feel and tackle implants,” the 39-year-old mom of three continued. 

Haack, who became a household name on the series “Flip or Flop” alongside ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, had previously told followers she was experiencing multiple issues that she was looking into with the help of her doctor. She speculated that her breast implants could be to blame.

“Been super exhausted lately so [I’m] on a kick to get back into my body. I’ve had some unexplained health stuff for years, and now I’m considering the thought that this could be breast implant related,” she shared in an Instagram post. 

Haack told followers she was having her eye fillers dissolved due to inflammation. Next, she listed her many troubling symptoms, including “inflammation, autoimmune issues (Hashimoto’s disease, PCOS, Raynaud’s syndrome), unexplained skin rashes, joint and muscle pain, dry eyes, GI issues, SIBO, acid reflux, brain fog, hormone imbalances, swollen lymph nodes and adrenal fatigue.”

Haack and El Moussa divorced in 2018 after nine years of marriage. They share two children, Taylor and Brayden. Haack married British TV star Ant Anstead in 2018 and the pair had a son, Hudson. Then they announced their separation in 2020. Haack married realtor Joshua Hall earlier this year.

The custody battle over Hudson turned ugly as Anstead accused his ex of exploiting the child for fame. “The risks for a child working on a television production set (even if that ‘set’ is Christina’s home) are innumerable and well documented,” court documents said, as The Daily Wire previously reported.

The documents further stated that children who got famous too young were at a higher risk of suicide. As of early December, the former couple came to a mutually agreeable custody agreement and won’t be going to trial in March as originally planned.