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People Are Cracking Up At This Woman Who Accidentally Shared The Holiday Spirit With An Unknown Man, And It Already Has 30M+ Views
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People Are Cracking Up At This Woman Who Accidentally Shared The Holiday Spirit With An Unknown Man, And It Already Has 30M+ Views

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A Florida woman’s experience of accidentally getting a bit too emotional with a stranger has the internet in stitches. Mary Katherine Backstrom is a parenting writer and blogger whose upcoming book Mom Babble is described as “the messy truth about motherhood”, and she apparently has a knack for stories, as the way she tells what happened while laughing to the point of tears is as funny as the incident itself.

Backstrom rushed to her car after the embarrassing moment to tell the story in a Facebook live video. Judging from the background of her video, it looks pretty warm and sunny in Florida, but Backstrom says she was still feeling Christmas magic in the air as she stopped at a gas station convenience store. She decided to pay it forward and buy the person behind her a soft drink, and when she returned to her car, what did she see, but a kind stranger washing her windshield? She was so overcome with emotion that she accosted the stranger with a hug and started gushing about how much she loves Christmas.

Check out her video about the embarrassing moment

It wasn’t her car, and she had just hugged a man in the middle of washing his own windshield.

Even though it’s bound to be unsettling to have someone run up to you and hug you no matter who you are, we hope the stranger was at least a little amused by her overflowing good humor once he recovered from the confusion.

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Happy holidays, and don’t let this embarrassing story discourage you from spreading some cheer if the mood strikes you (but please make sure the other person knows what’s going on and is ready for a hug first!)

Commenters got a laugh out of it and shared some silly stories of their own

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tuzdayschild
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What happened is a little funny, but she is hilarious! Her face is all red with embarrassment and laughing. CHRISTMAS IS MAGICAL!

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Char Char
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

30 seconds in and my 'laugh tears' are STREAMING! Mostly from her infectious laughing! What a great spirit.

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Monster munch
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Mary Katherine Backstrom is a parenting writer and blogger whose upcoming book Mom Babble" call me a sceptic.

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sharron lynn parsons
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The situation was funny, but truly it was this lovely lady and her trying to tell the story, she is what made the story extremely funny, but being Christmas was special, a very wise person said, it should be Christmas every day, I agree., simply because people are more cheerful, and kind for the most part, Christmas in December and July, would be nice !!!

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Monika Soffronow
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My oh my, I have seen this before but it has been a while, and again I laughed so hard that I was crying.

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Janna Broskina
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her laughter is magical and contagious, but Christmas is magical too lol

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glorytherainwing
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is really hilarious!!! and its good to know she shares the holiday spirit with someone who probably needed it

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tuzdayschild
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What happened is a little funny, but she is hilarious! Her face is all red with embarrassment and laughing. CHRISTMAS IS MAGICAL!

cynserely-yours avatar
Char Char
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

30 seconds in and my 'laugh tears' are STREAMING! Mostly from her infectious laughing! What a great spirit.

naomipmendel avatar
Monster munch
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Mary Katherine Backstrom is a parenting writer and blogger whose upcoming book Mom Babble" call me a sceptic.

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sharron lynn parsons
Community Member
4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The situation was funny, but truly it was this lovely lady and her trying to tell the story, she is what made the story extremely funny, but being Christmas was special, a very wise person said, it should be Christmas every day, I agree., simply because people are more cheerful, and kind for the most part, Christmas in December and July, would be nice !!!

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Monika Soffronow
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My oh my, I have seen this before but it has been a while, and again I laughed so hard that I was crying.

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Janna Broskina
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Her laughter is magical and contagious, but Christmas is magical too lol

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glorytherainwing
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is really hilarious!!! and its good to know she shares the holiday spirit with someone who probably needed it

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