Hundreds of residents of Edmonton, western Canada, had a great Christmas surprise this Christmas.
An envelope containing a poem and a gift card of 250 Canadian dollars (160 euros) was distributed to them by a mysterious Santa Claus, Canadian media report this Saturday.
On December 24, “I found a very nice gift card outside my door when I woke up,” Edmonton resident Leigh-Ann MacNaughton told Facebook.
“I cried about it all morning.
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In this envelope, a voucher in the amount of $ 250 Canadian in Walmart stores and a poem extolling the hope and the necessary solidarity in times of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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"Lots of people have had a very difficult year"
Elisha Tennant, a resident of the North-Glenora neighborhood who lost her job during the pandemic, says she also cried as she opened the envelope.
"It's so heartwarming, it's so touching that someone is doing this," she said on Friday, according to the public broadcaster CBC.
“Something like that, well that's a month of racing for us.
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According to CBC, which contacted the mysterious anonymous benefactor by email, similar envelopes were sent to 400 people in the same neighborhood of this town in Alberta, a province in Western Canada.
“I decided to do it because I know that lots of people have had a very difficult year and that I have the means to help them,” explained the person behind the donations.
“I hope these gifts have made people feel that the world is full of goodness and that a better future is not far away.
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