A Michigan woman named Shelby from the Detroit metro area got Christmas gifts weighing more than 81 pounds after she participated in RedditGifts.
Shelby was left shocked when she got to know that her Secret Santa was none-other-than the billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates who joins RedditGifts’ Secret Santa exchange every year.
Shelby told MarketWatch.com: “I always thought it would be super cool to be matched with him someday, but I never really would have expected this to happen to me.”
Gates and his team did the research for Shelby so they could gift her only the best things for Christmas.
Shelby got gifts weighing more than 81 pounds that included a Harry Potter Santa hat, giant Hogwarts castle, and a R2D2 puzzle.
The gifts also included several boxes of Oreos, cat treats and a hammock. She also received a bound manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s famous work of fiction.
She said: “The Great Gatsby is my favorite novel. I had some lines from it in my wedding vows. So this really is a special book to me.”
Reddit wrote on Twitter: ‘Raise your hand if matching with Bill Gates for #RedditGifts Secret Santa is a life goal. ?♀️Just when she needed it most, one lucky giftee (u/szor) struck Secret Santa gold & was blessed with the Christmas of a lifetime. Well done, @BillGates’.
The post went viral instantly and people praised Bill Gates for making the woman’s day.
One user wrote: ‘honestly, I keep track of #RedditGifts every year just to read the annual Bill Gates story, always so great’ while another user said: ‘She is set for life especially with that 1st edition deck of cards.’
The third one wrote: ‘Bill Gates is a class act’ while another added: ‘That’s dope, congrats!’
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