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"I thought Bill sounded like a friendly fellow," Rachel wrote on Reddit. "In fact, I had this whole image of this poor guy named Bill trying to navigate my wishlist full of makeup, nailpolish, glittery things to buy me. Quite frankly I felt bad for this ‘Bill’…"
What Gates ended up giving her was a stuffed cow, a donation to the non-profit Heifer International and travel book Journeys of a Lifetime.
"The first thing I noticed was a stuffed animal. I didn’t know I gave off the stuffed animal vibe, but I excitedly added him to my collection of teddy bears and other delightful friendly creatures. Next, I found the card. To me, from Bill. This still had not clicked, by the way, that it was Bill Gates,” Rachel wrote.
When Rachel saw a photo of Gates with the book and the cow, things did click.
"Wait. Holy sh*t. Time out ... and then it finally hit me. All the presents I just tore open, the charity, then everything - was from Bill GATES," she wrote. "I quickly went back to the book to see a really nice message and note from Bill wishing me a Merry Christmas and a Happy Birthday (not pictured, because I really want to keep one part of this gift to myself) my jaw hit the EVER LOVING FLOOR. I went back to all the other gifts completely shocked."
After Gates’s generous gifts, Rachel was feeling a little guilty about one item that she had included on her Christmas wish list.
"ps: Sorry for the Apple ipad on my wishlist, that was really awkward," she wrote.
According to reposts, Gates was serving as a Secret Santa to bring attention to Heifer International.
[AU News]