Secret Santa gives away $US20,000

Tuesday, December 13th, 2011

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.

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