{"id":1109976,"date":"2021-12-11T20:13:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T01:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109976"},"modified":"2021-12-11T20:13:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-12T01:13:52","slug":"watch-secret-santa-hands-out-30000-in-100-bills-to-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-secret-santa-hands-out-30000-in-100-bills-to-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Secret Santa Hands Out $30,000 in $100 Bills to Those in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-secret-santa-hands-out-30000-in-100-bills-to-those-in-need%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1109976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Secret-Santa-Gives-Out-Hundred-Dollar-Bills-on-Native-American-Tribal-Land-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An anonymous businessman spread Christmas cheer by giving away $30,000 in $100 bills to residents of the San Carlos Apache Tribal Lands in Arizona, CBS News reports.<\/p>\n<p>For fifteen years, CBS News\u2019s Steve Hartman has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/secret-santa-san-carlos-apache-indian-reservation\/\">covered<\/a> the \u201cSecret Santa\u201d and his charitable holiday give-aways, where the mysterious businessman hands out large sums of money to strangers during the Christmas Season.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The kind-hearted man visited strangers on the San Carlos Apache Tribal Lands this year.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019ve always felt, inside my soul, a spiritual connection with the Native American,\u201d the Secret Santa told CBS News.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Almost half of the residents who live on the \u201ctribal land live below the poverty line\u201d and struggle to make ends meet, CBS News reports. When the Secret Santa spread out the $30,000 \u2013 giving strangers hundreds of dollars each \u2013 he made an immediate difference.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cIt\u2019s going to put more food on the table \u2014 more for my family to eat,\u201d a woman, known as \u201cGrandma Rose,\u201d told CBS News.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A young man named Elijah Cooke said he already had plans for the money.&nbsp;<\/span><span>\u201cI had no food, really,\u201d he told CBS News. \u201cI think it goes to my father, he needs it more.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Secret Santa highlighted the importance of kindness and its ability to transcend different backgrounds.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cWhether you\u2019re Native American, African American, Christian American, left American, right American \u2014 kindness is that common language between us all,\u201d he told CBS News.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Perhaps the benevolent words the mysterious businessman said to recipients were even more meaningful than the cash giveaway.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span> \u201cDo you know how special you are?\u201d he told one woman, prompting her to grin from ear to ear.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cYou\u2019re a beautiful spirit,\u201d he said to another woman as tears rolled down her face.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The man gave $400 to mother Nelvena Cobb and said, \u201cYou\u2019re<span>&nbsp;an example to every mom. You\u2019re amazing.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Cobb was overcome with emotion. \u201c<\/span><span>Just to hear that feels good. It helped me a lot,\u201d she told CBS News as her voice trembled.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u2018You\u2019re an incredible, incredible grandma,\u201d the Secret Santa told another woman, who broke down in tears.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>\u201cThank you,\u201d she replied as the two embraced for a hug.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The origins of this particular Secret Santa <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/two-million-dollars-later-how-secret-santa-came-to-be\/\">extend<\/a> back to 1971 when a hungry, homeless man walked into a diner in Houston, Mississippi, according to CBS News. The man ordered a large breakfast and planned to skip out before receiving the check. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Diner owner Ted Horn understood what was happening. He walked up to the man with a $20 bill and said, \u201c<\/span>I think you may have dropped this,\u201d according to CBS News. The man decided if he ever had the resources to pay the kind act forward, he would.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, the homeless man, named Larry Stewart, became a millionaire and gave away more than a million dollars to those in need, CBS News previously reported. Larry\u2019s identity only came to light after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2006. His friend, who is today\u2019s Secret Santa, took the endeavor upon himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLarry was hospitalized and I went up to visit him at night \u2026 moonlight shining in, kind of surreal \u2026 so I asked Larry, \u2018Do you have any regrets?&#8217;\u201d the current Secret Santa recalled to CBS News. \u201cAnd he said, \u2018Yes.\u2019 I said, \u2018What is it?\u2019 And he said, \u2018I just wish I could have helped more people.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo that\u2019s when I assumed the responsibility,\u201d the Secret Santa added.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch Below:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How &quot;On the Road&#039;s&quot; Secret Santa got his start\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IL8gDOd6xCs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An anonymous businessman spread Christmas cheer by giving away $30,000 in $100 bills to residents of the San Carlos Apache Tribal Lands in Arizona, CBS News reports. 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