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Old 12-16-2011, 12:31 PM
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Anonymous donors pay off Kmart layaway accounts
By Margery a. Beck, Associated Press | AP – 50 minutes ago

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The young father stood in line at the Kmart layaway counter, wearing dirty clothes and worn-out boots. With him were three small children. He asked to pay something on his bill because he knew he wouldn't be able to afford it all before Christmas. Then a mysterious woman stepped up to the counter.

"She told him, 'No, I'm paying for it,'" recalled Edna Deppe, assistant manager at the store in Indianapolis. "He just stood there and looked at her and then looked at me and asked if it was a joke. I told him it wasn't, and that she was going to pay for him. And he just busted out in tears."

At Kmart stores across the country, Santa seems to be getting some help: Anonymous donors are paying off strangers' layaway accounts, buying the Christmas gifts other families couldn't afford, especially toys and children's clothes set aside by impoverished parents.
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This is a heartening and uplifting situation..
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Very nice story, thanks for posting.
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I have to pay 50 large to get my 8 little babies presents out of lay away before Christmas ..and I don't have 5 dollars for them.

Oh what shall I do??




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I have to pay 50 large to get my 8 little babies presents out of lay away before Christmas ..and I don't have 5 dollars for them.

Oh what shall I do??
sell your collection of Boo Bee photos on ebay....................
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You're TOEMAN,right?


I turned your offer down.

You should call yourself CHEAPMAN.
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You're TOEMAN,right?


I turned your offer down.

You should call yourself CHEAPMAN.
I can't believe that you really call that a collection..............

It's pathetic.
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Well there's 3 Thebby's and doubles of SightyPooKins.



I did'un have much to work with, but I tried.

Wait until they hear how you low balled them.
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Well there's 3 Thebby's and doubles of SightyPooKins.



I did'un have much to work with, but I tried.

Wait until they hear how you low balled them.
I did nothing of the sort......... Oh, you mean bid low..................
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I'm going horseback riding.



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I have to pay 50 large to get my 8 little babies presents out of lay away before Christmas ..and I don't have 5 dollars for them.

Oh what shall I do??
Check's in the mail...soon as i hit the lottery...
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That is not a happy face Christmas story.



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That is not a happy face Christmas story.

I put you on the list....you can take that to the bank...bigrun keeps his word...Hey, tried to send you a pm but denied....wanna ax you a question...can you pm me?....
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Well shore..is yours on?
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Yes..
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