Lonely Man Dresses as Santa & Visits Kids in Hospital, Finds Pile of Gifts on Porch Come Xmas – Story of the Day

A lonely townsman disguises himself as Santa and visits children in a hospital every year. One Christmas morning, he finds gift boxes on his porch, and the last present he unwraps brings tears to his eyes.

35-year-old Sebastian loved the Christmas season. It also crushed him whenever he remembered Amy, his late girlfriend. “How she loved Christmas…and dinner…and children!”

They had planned to get married once Sebastian got a new job. He was successfully hired as a manager in a software company, but his wish to marry Amy was never fulfilled. She had died in an accident six years ago, and since then, Sebastian had been orphaned and lonely.

Amy loved kids and often told Sebastian how she used to celebrate Christmas with children in her hometown. He could not move on from her loss and had promised to honor her by doing the same.

Every Christmas for the last six years, Sebastian dressed up as Santa and visited the local children’s hospital with presents. Christmas was around the corner, so he decided to continue this tradition and surprise the kids…

“Hello, Mr. Hayes! How are you doing?” Celine, Sebastian’s neighbor, greeted him from behind the aisle in the supermarket. She was shopping for Christmas décor and saw Sebastian’s cart loaded with many limited-edition toys. She was confused. She knew he wasn’t married nor had any children.

“Hey! Am good, thanks! And you?”

“I’m fine, thanks! And these toys?!”

“Huh?… I gotta go…It’s getting late. See ya!” Sebastian said and quickly pushed his cart to the checkout. He was in a hurry to go home and pack the gifts.

It was Christmas Eve a week later. Sebastian disguised himself as Santa and carried a bag full of toys to the children’s hospital. He hid his face under Santa’s mask, not wanting anyone to find out he was the one who had been visiting every Christmas every year to greet the kids.

“Hey, look, it’s Santa! It’s Santa!” the children screamed in joy as soon as they heard “Ho! Ho! Ho!” and Sebastian emerged from the doorway in a traditional Santa costume and with a bag full of gifts.

“Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas!” he said, handing each kid a present.

The children unwrapped the gifts and showed each other their new toys. Celine, who was a nurse there, quickly recognized the toys. She had seen them in Sebastian’s shopping cart a week ago.

Suspicion brewed in Celine’s mind as she quietly followed Santa to the hospital’s parking lot. Her doubts were cleared when she saw him get into a black car and remove his mask. She recognized Sebastian and realized he was their Santa all these years.

“What a lovely soul!” she thought and devised a plan to surprise Sebastian the next day.