Secret Santas paying layaway balances at Walmarts, Kmart
RIDLEY (AP) – Two different Secret Santas have been paying off tens of thousands of dollars of layaway accounts at discount stores in Pennsylvania.
A man who goes by the name Santa B has been paying off layaways at central Pennsylvania Walmarts for at least three years.
This year, he paid off $74,000 worth of accounts at a store in Swatara Township, near Harrisburg; and $46,000 at a Walmart in Lebanon. Earlier this week, the same man paid off $46,000 in layaways at the store in Everett, Bedford County.
A different anonymous Santa paid off some layaway accounts at Kmart’s Ridley Township store, near Philadelphia.
Employees say he’s done that every Christmas for several years and specifically asks to pay off those with toys and other Christmas presents.