Thousands gather outside home of dying 8

Laney managed to give the well-wishers a thumbs up (Picture: Facebook/Team Laney)

Thousands of well-wishers have made a dying eight-year-old girl's dream come true by gathering outside her home in Pennsylvania and singing Christmas carols.

Delaney Brown, who has terminal leukaemia, was able to hear the crowd singing to her from inside her house in West Reading.

The brave little girl was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer in May this year and was given just days to live last Wednesday.

As the carollers sang on Saturday, the Team Laney Facebook page posted a picture of her smiling from her bed and giving a thumbs up gesture, accompanied by the words: 'I can hear you now!!! Love you!'

Delaney's mum Jennifer Brown shared her daughter's tragic prognosis on the Facebook page last Wednesday, writing: 'Today we were told the worst news of our lives.

A crowd of thousands gathered to sing to Laney (Picture: Facebook/Team Laney)

'Laney has 70% cancer cells in her blood. If they would treat the cancer the virus that she has would kill her. And if they treat the virus the cancer will kill her.'

On her eighth birthday, which fell last Friday, Delaney had been able to speak to pop star Taylor Swift via video chat, fulfilling another of her wishes.

'Laney was so nervous to talk to her because she is such a 'famous celebrity,' Jennifer wrote on Facebook.

'I was actually worried that when Taylor Facetimed her that she would be to scared to talk but Taylor was fabulous!! She really engaged Laney in conversation. Laney lit up and had a huge smile on her face. I can't thank Taylor enough.'