Every year, reddit hosts a Christmas gift exchange among users, sending gifts flying across the world to strangers. Thousands participate, including Bill Gates. So every year, one lucky participant is shocked, surprised, and delighted to find that Gates is their secret Santa. This year is was redditor szor. She told the story in a video, and also in text.
Diane, It’s Tuesday, December 17 at 10:00 p.m. and I’m full-force in my getting-ready-for-bed routine. I check my phone one last time and I spy an email alert informing me that my RedditGifts Secret Santa package has shipped! I log in and am a bit taken aback that the package is being FedEx overnighted – sounds expensive. I also noticed that it was being shipped from Washington state, and as a seasoned RedditGifter, I remark to my husband, “Huh, wouldn’t it be something if my Santa was Bill Gates? LOLOLOLOL!” Cue bedtime.
Diane, It’s morning on December 18. The work holiday party is today, so I’m expecting a pretty lax day. I check the shipping page to make sure the package is still on track, and something curious catches my eye- 81 pounds. 81 POUNDS. 81. POUNDS. MY PACKAGE IS BEING OVERNIGHTED ACROSS 8 SHIPMENT ZONES AND IT WEIGHS 81 POUNDS. This is when it hits me that this is something truly special. It’s only 9:30 a.m. and I can’t just ditch to go home to accept this surely gigantic package.
The package did not fit into her car, nor her husband's car, so they had to open it at the FedEx office, to the delight of the staff. Gates always checks the reddit history of the person he draws as well as their gift preferences, so that the gifts are personal and meaningful. Read what szor received in the gift exchange forum. -via reddit
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