Woman Strikes Gold After Getting Bill Gates As Her Secret Santa
A woman struck the secret Santa jackpot after none other than billionaire Bill Gates pulled her name out a hat.
Secret Santa comes around every year – love it or hate it. If you’ve been living in a cave, ‘Secret Santa’ is the practice of putting everyones name on a list and each person pulls a name, to buy one gift for that person. Used in many offices and workplaces around the world – it means each person receives a gift from a mystery person. A little festive fun.
Usually, a secret santa gift is nothing life changing. A nice bottle of wine or a pair of slippers…
However, one woman got incredibly lucky.
A subreddit called r/secretsanta was started in 2009 and remained active until 2022 – where millions of people took part in exchanging international gifts from complete strangers.
In 2019, Shelby was the lucky recpient of a gifts from none other than tech mogul, Bil Gates.
The list is extensive and Shelby gladly shared her opening the gifts on YouTube:
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- Bill’s Deck of Books 2019!
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- A Harry Potter santa hat
- Hylian shield earrings
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- A very heavy and beautiful handmade Zelda quilt
- A hammock (with bug net!)
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- Almond Rocca, Seattle mint chocolates, Jelly Belly’s
- Toys for my cat, Emmy!
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- Seven packs of assorted Oreos
- A cat-themed logic game
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- Eight hardcover books
- An extremely fancy manuscript copy of The Great Gatsby
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- A candle with a passage from The Great Gatsby inscribed
- Two exceptional adult-level LEGO sets: Microscale Hogwarts and the retired UCS R2D2
- A plethora of Twin Peaks gifts including a shirt and sweatshirt; a book by director Jonathan Sanger and some memorabilia from his collection including 5 scripts from season 2 of Twin Peaks, and an embroidered L.L. Bean jacket worn by crew members during the second season of the show.
The billionaire hand wrote, alongside her many gifts: “I’ve included some fun things to enjoy both at home and outdoors – plus a couple of great books I think you’ll like,”
As well as a touching note about her mother who sadly passed in 2019:
“At the same time, I know no gift will ever make up for losing someone so important to you. I was very sorry to hear about your mom, and I’ve made a donation to the American Heart Association in her memory. I hope you and your family find your ‘new normal’ this holiday season.”
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