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tblue37

(65,328 posts)
Tue Dec 25, 2018, 12:30 PM Dec 2018

Touching Christmas story--get your hankies ready for it, though:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/18/twitter-weighs-after-neighbors-death-give-all-presents-now-or-one-year/?utm_term=.f59329237c61

A dying man bought 14 years worth of Christmas gifts for his 2-year-old neighbor

Owen Williams and his wife befriended their octogenarian neighbor when they moved into their home in Wales three years ago.

When their daughter, Cadi, came along two years ago, their neighbor in the town of Barry, Ken Watson, became a grandfather figure, taking the time to drop off Christmas presents for her. Then Watson died in October.

On Monday, Watson’s daughter stopped by the Williams home with a large bag, and Owen thought perhaps she was on the way to take out the trash. It turns out, she was dropping off 14 wrapped Christmas presents her father had bought and wrapped for Cadi.

“I kept reaching into the bag and pulling out more presents,” Williams said. “You could have knocked me over with a feather. It was quite something.”

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Much more at link:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2018/12/18/twitter-weighs-after-neighbors-death-give-all-presents-now-or-one-year/?utm_term=.f59329237c61

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Touching Christmas story--get your hankies ready for it, though: (Original Post) tblue37 Dec 2018 OP
Wooo that's a grabber underpants Dec 2018 #1
Merry Christmas to you, too, underpants. nt tblue37 Dec 2018 #2
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