Sitting in Reading’s Inter-City Bus Terminal on Tuesday night, Thomas Coates Jr. was out of work and out of hope.
Then, out of the blue, a stranger sat next to him and restored his faith in human kindness.
Identifying himself only as Secret Santa, the stranger handed Coates two crisp $100 bills and wished him a Merry Christmas.
Coates, 36, who lives in Pottstown with his girlfriend and son, wept.
In all this anonymous Secret Santa gave away an estimated $20,000 of his own money, mostly in $100 bills stamped “Secret Santa” in red.