B&M customer who couldn’t afford to pay for her Christmas shopping breaks down in tears after a kind stranger drops a wad of cash into her trolley

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While many people are getting into the festive spirit ahead of Christmas, it’s a period that brings dread for those struggling to make ends meet. 

But one woman who finds herself struggling financially has been on the receiving end of a Christmas miracle after an encounter with a kind stranger.

The unnamed woman from Merseyside was at the checkout of a B&M store in Everton when she received a wad of cash from another shopper who didn’t reveal their identity.

The woman, who had visited the discount shop on Great Homer Street, realised when she reached the checkout that she couldn’t afford to pay for all the items in her trolley and asked staff if they could scan the items until the shop reached the total she could afford.

However, a very generous stranger who overheard the shopper’s plight came to her rescue and dropped a wad of cash into the trolley to help her with the cost – leaving the woman in tears.

Pictured here is a branch of the discount store in Slough (stock image)

A B&M worker told the Liverpool Echo: ‘As she was sorting out her shopping, an older male waiting behind her walked up to her.

‘[He] simply said “Merry Christmas” and dropped what looked to be a large wad of money on her shopping in her trolley and walked out without saying anything else.

‘The woman stood there for a minute or so crying saying she couldn’t believe it’.

The member of staff hoped the act of kindness, which they referred to as a ‘nice Christmas gesture’ would ‘warm people’s hearts before Christmas and show how good and close the Liverpool community spirit is’.

Meanwhile down under in Australia, similar acts of kindness have been reported in stores around the nation.

A good samaritan in Bunbury Toyworld, Western Australia, left customers of a toy store in tears after he paid for all the toys that had been purchased by customers on buy-now, pay-later deals.

He told brothers Rick and Harvey Baker, who run the family business, that he had had a ‘good year’ and wanted to pass on some Christmas cheer.

The mystery Secret Santa, who wished to stay anonymous, paid off every single toy on lay-by within the hour – leaving the Baker brothers shocked.

One man was left in tears after he discovered his toy had been paid off in full.

He told Rick he had recently lost his job and was experiencing some financial stress.

‘I tapped Harvey. I said get his lay-by. Harvey ran out the, back. We said, ‘We’ve had a Secret Santa come through and pay all our lay buys out this year’,’ he told Sunrise.

‘He was a bit lost for words. He teared up, it was a beautiful moment.’

Another customer, mother-of-three Rhiannon Williams told NCA NewsWire the stranger’s generosity ‘couldn’t have come at a better time’.

‘I had lost my job few months ago and hadn’t had much luck finding another, so money has been so tight. This generous act means my partner and I can pay bills that were not going to get paid,’ she said.

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