Christmas came early for some in Bristol, TN.
An anonymous shopper decided to spread some holiday cheer at Walmart in Bristol. This unknown person donated $64,995.51 to pay the balances of items placed on layaway.
Walmart says the $64,995.51 donation that was made on Monday was enough to cover the store’s entire layaway balance.
Happy to share this today: @WJHL11 has confirmed that someone paid the balance on every layaway at @Walmart in Bristol, Tennessee. Total balance: $64,995.51 “Their main reason was to positively affect as many people as possible,” a spokesman said.
— Josh Smith (@JoshSmithWJHL) December 9, 2020
Lloyd Leonard, shopper, told WJHL, “I got a notification on my email that my layaway had been paid for […] and I thought ‘well that’s kind of weird.”
Leonard was informed by management that the anonymous donation had covered his layaway fees.
“She said yeah somebody came in this morning at 6 o’clock and paid everybody’s layaway,” Leonard said. “But he wants me to tell you that he loves you, God bless you and Merry Christmas.”
April Hilliard was another shopper whose layaway was paid off. She said she was overcome by the gesture.
“And she said ‘honey, your layaway is paid in full and he said Merry Christmas and he loves you,’” Hilliard said. “The emotional type that I am, I just broke. I just started crying.”
“It’s especially touching when customers pay off others’ layaways during the holiday season and serves as another example of the generosity our customers show year-round,” Store Manager Kris Light said in a statement. “We’re honored to play a small role in these acts of kindness and we love seeing the joy it brings to our customers this time of year.”
The holiday cheer even made its way to Knoxville.
One day after someone paid off the almost $65,000 balance on layaways at @Walmart in Bristol, TN, Christmas cheer is spreading. @6News in Knoxville reports an anonymous donor paid $29,500 balance on 141 layaways at the story in Oak Ridge, TN. Layaway deadline Mon, December 14th.
— Josh Smith (@JoshSmithWJHL) December 11, 2020
How awesome is this?
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