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The US has a new Christmas tradition. Wealthy secret Santas are popping up across the country and paying off toyshop bills to spread festive cheer and help struggling families. 最近美国新增了一项圣诞传统，社会富裕人士正伪装成神秘的圣诞老人，在城市的大街小巷四处游走，为那些生活窘迫的家庭付清玩具店的账单，好让大家都能度过一个快乐的圣诞节。 Mystery donors have called at three branches of Toys R Us in the north-eastern state of Massachusetts to pay off layaway accounts - plans that allow customers to spread the cost of Christmas over several weeks. 这些神秘的慈善家已经要求位于马萨诸塞州东北部的玩具反斗城的三家分店清空所有预付账户，这些都是已经预付定金，但需要在圣诞节前后分期付款才能还清的账户。 In the biggest windfall, a visitor described by staff as a "bubbly older woman" hugged the manager at a store in Bellingham, south-west of Boston, and then went through each layaway account paying them off - at a cost of more than $20,000. 在这笔意外之财席卷全美之际，有一名被店员称为“活泼的老妇人”的老人在波士顿西南部的贝灵汉分店拥抱了店经理，随后花了2万多美元付清了店里所有的预付账单。 "If you have it, give it," said the anonymous woman, according to The Milford Daily News. “你拥有了就应该付出。”这位未透露姓名的老太太对记者说。 | 
