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Secret Santa Pays-off $65k Worth of Layaway Items At Walmart
By Ben Hooper
Dec. 11 (UPI) -
- The manager of a Walmart store in Tennessee said a secret Santa came into the store and paid nearly $65,000 to cover the cost of all current lay- away items.
Kris Light, man- ager of the Walmart in Bristol, confirmed the person came into store
and made a $64,995.51 dona- tion to clear the entire layaway balance.
Lloyd Leonard, a customer at the store, said he was initially con- fused when he
received a mes- sage saying his layaway purchas- es had been paid off and were ready for pick-up.
"I got a notifica- tion on my email that my layaway had been paid for," Leonard told WJHL-TV. "And I thought 'well that's kind of weird.'"
Leonard talked to a store employee and discovered his bill had been paid by an anony- mous person.
"She said yeah somebody came in this morning at 6 o'clock and paid everybody's layaway," Leonard said.
"But he wants me to tell you that he loves you, god bless you and Merry Christmas."
Light praised the anonymous donor in a state- ment.
"It's especially touching when customers pay off others' layaways during the holiday season and serves as another example of the generosity our customers show year-round," Light said. "We're hon- ored to play a small role in these acts of kindness and we love seeing the joy it brings to our customers this time of year."
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