One Reddit User Got Bill Gates As Her Secret Santa, And Here’s What She Received
“What to do when Bill Gates sends you a 30lb Pusheen” is not a headline you read every day, but for one lucky Redditor, it’s a sentence that will forever define Christmas 2017.
It’s well-known that Microsoft mogul Bill Gates is a regular participant in Reddit’s annual Secret Santa exchange, and each year, he showers his giftee with the most amazing holiday treasures one could imagine. He didn’t disappoint when cat-enthusiast VietteLLC showed up as his match; the haul she received on Wednesday morning can only be described as an absolute blowout, and included – you guessed it – a gigantic plush Pusheen, which Gates posed with in a photo to prove the legitimacy of the source. “The best part?” She wrote on Reddit after unboxing the delivery. “Knowing that at some point during my workweek, I was drinking coffee, writing a boring email, and Bill Gates was somewhere having a professional photo taken with a jumbo Pusheen and writing me notes about cats.”
Scroll down to see what she got, and cross your fingers that next year, Bill Gates just might be the one playing Father Christmas for you!
Redditor VietteLLC just received the most amazing gifts from her Secret Santa – who turned out to be Bill Gates
“I’ve done the Reddit gift exchange for years now. I love all the silly little gifts,” she writes on Reddit
“I always check out the Bill Gates post and laugh… never for a second even considering it a possibility for me”
“A commissioned, one-of-a-kind cross-stitch of Me and my pal, Bill, and my 4 cats…”
“A $250 donation to The FFRC, a $250 donation to The Stray Cat Alliance, a $250 donation to Town Cats…”
“My life goal is to fully fund a no-kill cat shelter one day and reform the U.S. shelter system to be entirely no-kill”
“30-ish-pound Pusheen. I will die holding this at 90… I instantaneously recognized the big grey blob shape and 2 tail stripes…”
“The best part? Well, second to the donations and gigantic Pusheen…”
“Knowing that at some point during my workweek… Bill Gates was somewhere having a professional photo taken with a jumbo Pusheen and writing me notes about cats”
“P.S. Bill, the video is for you. Please don’t show the internet”
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So awesome! I didn’t know Reddit had a secret Santa. Sounds like fun!
Every 3 or so months they do different themed gift exchanges, with Christmas and Arbitrary Day (essentially Christmas in the Summer) are their biggest exchanges in the year. It's pretty fun, I usually do 1 or 2 every new cycle.
Load More Replies...How sweet is this!!! I love the thoughts that went into the gifts and how much they are appreciated.
Humanitarian and cat person! How could one NOT love BG lol
Load More Replies...Keep these things in your private circle. Though it’s kinda cool, Mr Gates is just a human being too and Im not sure he would appreciate if every little silly kind thing he does for someone else is broadly shared online. Sometimes you do something from one person to another, without the rest of the world needing to know about it
hehe - with Reddit gift exchanges, you're encouraged (if not somewhat required) to post pictures and a thank you to your secret Santa, since half the fun is the reaction of a happy stranger! :) I did keep some notes to myself though ;)
Load More Replies...I saw the picture in her hand and thought she had won Christmas with Bill Gates. Now THAT would be a prize. Smart people are the best company.
I have never seen a man of Bill Gates position is society give such thoughtful, personal, and meaningful gifts to a woman, Stella, clearly not in his tax bracket! Way to go Bill, I'm so glad you're still cool!!
How awesome! Bill is scrolling reddit at his free time! Who knows maybe he even shows up here sometimes. I also wanted to join Reddit actually. Never wanted to spend time there, but if they have such cute events for everyone to join, this is just cool!
The best thing about this really is she helps shelters, the gift coming from Bill Gates is just a plus to make this story Bored Panda worthy.
I can almost forgive him for Windows Vista, after that. But not quite.
What I really want for Christmas is a comfortable bed, something that won't kill my back. I'm in pain every morning because all I have is a lumpy old mattress on a broken box spring on the floor. That's going to be a late Christmas present to myself when I get my income tax return.
Hello Bill Gates I'm 76 and love all animals but dogs are my heart,merry xmas
Geez, a friend of mine has been bugging me to join Reddit, I said why, sure sometimes there's some interesting stuff, but I see interesting stuff on Facebook & Twitter & another social network I'm on and I don't have enough time to read all of that. But heck, I might have joined if he'd told me there's was a Secret Santa I could take part in with a several million to once chance that Bill Gates might be my Secret Santa, heck I might go join right now. What do you think my chances are that he'll draw my name next year?
“P.S. Bill, the video is for you. Please don’t show the internet” But you did just that. Some people...
Bill, What you did for this women is amazing. I'm sure the cats thank you as well.
Bill Gates does very publicly what all rich people and big business owners do without calling in the media: give to charity in immense amounts. When I read a story like this, of course I am very happy for the specific cat shelters. But I also know that the Gates family fund so much more than this. And when certain people complain about "the rich" or "big business" getting tax breaks, I am always amazed at what they think those rich folks are doing with all that money. Because those rich folks, in addition to giving lots of the rest of us jobs, are giving that money away by the bucket loads. Many many charitable causes would be completely desperate if it weren't for them.
Wow, what a blast that was for her. Good for Bill Gates for being so thoughtful and generous, and for being a blessing to the rest of us just hearing about it. Love it!
If somebody can invent something as powerful the internet that can United billions of us together keeping is alive...what is there to fear?.NOTHING
Load More Replies...Did you know that christmas is an ancient pagan holiday that was illegal in the US until the late 1800s? All the decorations are there to summon a very powerful demon that can shapeshift to santa or krampus, and leaving cookies and milk is just a sacrificial offering, what santa does to bad children is that he kills them or beats them up.
The book "Shoe Dog" as a memoir by the creator of Nike. The book "Cat Culture" is a good resource for understanding the social behavior of cats in general and the needs of sheltered cats. A gift card is an alternative to giving mere cash. It allows the recipient to buy something of their own choosing, but shows more effort was put into the gift by picking the location they would likely want to shop. Donations made in someone else's name is a way to show good will, but to specifically pick charities someone else would appreciate instead of choosing only charities that are close to your heart. Plush animals are a novelty item many people enjoy. One kind that definitely stands out are those that are unusually large. Pusheen is a fairly popular cartoon cat.
Load More Replies...Bill Gates is the wealthy person that all other wealthy people should strive to be.
So awesome! I didn’t know Reddit had a secret Santa. Sounds like fun!
Every 3 or so months they do different themed gift exchanges, with Christmas and Arbitrary Day (essentially Christmas in the Summer) are their biggest exchanges in the year. It's pretty fun, I usually do 1 or 2 every new cycle.
Load More Replies...How sweet is this!!! I love the thoughts that went into the gifts and how much they are appreciated.
Humanitarian and cat person! How could one NOT love BG lol
Load More Replies...Keep these things in your private circle. Though it’s kinda cool, Mr Gates is just a human being too and Im not sure he would appreciate if every little silly kind thing he does for someone else is broadly shared online. Sometimes you do something from one person to another, without the rest of the world needing to know about it
hehe - with Reddit gift exchanges, you're encouraged (if not somewhat required) to post pictures and a thank you to your secret Santa, since half the fun is the reaction of a happy stranger! :) I did keep some notes to myself though ;)
Load More Replies...I saw the picture in her hand and thought she had won Christmas with Bill Gates. Now THAT would be a prize. Smart people are the best company.
I have never seen a man of Bill Gates position is society give such thoughtful, personal, and meaningful gifts to a woman, Stella, clearly not in his tax bracket! Way to go Bill, I'm so glad you're still cool!!
How awesome! Bill is scrolling reddit at his free time! Who knows maybe he even shows up here sometimes. I also wanted to join Reddit actually. Never wanted to spend time there, but if they have such cute events for everyone to join, this is just cool!
The best thing about this really is she helps shelters, the gift coming from Bill Gates is just a plus to make this story Bored Panda worthy.
I can almost forgive him for Windows Vista, after that. But not quite.
What I really want for Christmas is a comfortable bed, something that won't kill my back. I'm in pain every morning because all I have is a lumpy old mattress on a broken box spring on the floor. That's going to be a late Christmas present to myself when I get my income tax return.
Hello Bill Gates I'm 76 and love all animals but dogs are my heart,merry xmas
Geez, a friend of mine has been bugging me to join Reddit, I said why, sure sometimes there's some interesting stuff, but I see interesting stuff on Facebook & Twitter & another social network I'm on and I don't have enough time to read all of that. But heck, I might have joined if he'd told me there's was a Secret Santa I could take part in with a several million to once chance that Bill Gates might be my Secret Santa, heck I might go join right now. What do you think my chances are that he'll draw my name next year?
“P.S. Bill, the video is for you. Please don’t show the internet” But you did just that. Some people...
Bill, What you did for this women is amazing. I'm sure the cats thank you as well.
Bill Gates does very publicly what all rich people and big business owners do without calling in the media: give to charity in immense amounts. When I read a story like this, of course I am very happy for the specific cat shelters. But I also know that the Gates family fund so much more than this. And when certain people complain about "the rich" or "big business" getting tax breaks, I am always amazed at what they think those rich folks are doing with all that money. Because those rich folks, in addition to giving lots of the rest of us jobs, are giving that money away by the bucket loads. Many many charitable causes would be completely desperate if it weren't for them.
Wow, what a blast that was for her. Good for Bill Gates for being so thoughtful and generous, and for being a blessing to the rest of us just hearing about it. Love it!
If somebody can invent something as powerful the internet that can United billions of us together keeping is alive...what is there to fear?.NOTHING
Load More Replies...Did you know that christmas is an ancient pagan holiday that was illegal in the US until the late 1800s? All the decorations are there to summon a very powerful demon that can shapeshift to santa or krampus, and leaving cookies and milk is just a sacrificial offering, what santa does to bad children is that he kills them or beats them up.
The book "Shoe Dog" as a memoir by the creator of Nike. The book "Cat Culture" is a good resource for understanding the social behavior of cats in general and the needs of sheltered cats. A gift card is an alternative to giving mere cash. It allows the recipient to buy something of their own choosing, but shows more effort was put into the gift by picking the location they would likely want to shop. Donations made in someone else's name is a way to show good will, but to specifically pick charities someone else would appreciate instead of choosing only charities that are close to your heart. Plush animals are a novelty item many people enjoy. One kind that definitely stands out are those that are unusually large. Pusheen is a fairly popular cartoon cat.
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