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 UPDATE: A representative for Bill Gates confirmed to us that the package is authentic and that Mr. Gates has participated in Reddit’s Secret Santa program for the last few years. 
 
 Each year, members of Reddit sign up to be part of the largest Secret Santa gift exchange on the planet. This year, one redditor's Santa also happened to be the world's richest person. 
 
 According to a post on Reddit, a mysterious package was delivered via FedEx to Reddit user Aerrix's residence this morning while she was out. After tearing into the larger-than-expected box and clearing away some of the bubble wrap, Aerrix said she uncovered a photo and her "jaw. Just. Drops." 
 
 The photo was jolly ol' Bill Gates, Microsoft founder, noted philanthropist, and awesome Secret Santa. 
 
 Aerrix then called her husband at work, something she said she doesn't normally do without texting him first. Speaking quietly so as not to alarm him, she broke the news. 
 
 "I said 'Bill Gates is my freaking Secret Santa!'" she wrote. "It took a second for it to sink in but oh MAN I was excited and flipping out!" 
 
 Gates delivered a package filled with awesome gear, including an Xbox One S Minecraft edition, three custom Xbox One controllers, an NES Classic, and matching Legend of Zelda mittens for Aerrix and her dog Claire. 
 
 If you want to see the entire unboxing, Aerrix took photos of the whole process, from mysterious box, to everything inside. 
 
 We've reached out to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to see if this Reddit Secret Santa is the real Bill Gates, but even if it turns out to be someone gifting in his name, there's no denying this is a really awesome score. 
 
 Seth Macy is IGN's weekend web producer and just wants to be your friend. Follow him on Twitter @sethmacy, or subscribe to Seth Macy's YouTube channel. ||||| Next I open this awesome looking Cajun cookbook (I'm from Southern Louisiana and mentioned this in my exchange profile, also that I would be visiting there soon and couldn't wait for my Uncle's Cajun Thanksgiving food! It was absolutely amazing, btw, my Uncle is kinda the best). 
 
 For those of you who don't know what this was part of, this was for the RedditGifts Secret Santa Christmas exchange which has been going on each year since 2009. Bill Gates has been a participant for the past few years, and this year he got me! These are the gifts I received from him. The RedditGifts post I made is located here: https://www.redditgifts.com/gallery/gift/won-secret-santabill-gates-was-my-santa / EDIT: for anyone saying this is a repost, this is MY ACTUAL STORY, I am the one Bill Gates gifted. tsunamayo posted this to imgur yesterday without my permission which is what you probably saw, but he did not get gifted, I, Aerrix, did.
– Bill Gates might be one of the world's richest men, but he's also one of the world's best Secret Santas according to one grateful Reddit user named Aerrix who appears pretty excited after a "GIANT" package was delivered Friday from the Microsoft guru. For the past four years, Gates has participated in Reddit's gift exchange, surprising lucky recipients with a splashy mix of presents tailored to them. The billionaire philanthropist's latest effort did not disappoint, reports IGN, which confirmed the Santa was really Gates. Aerrix Laurel writes on Imgur that when the package came she tore open the box "and my jaw. Just. Drops." Inside under bubble wrap and glitter was a photo of the Microsoft founder holding a personalized note. "BILL GATES IS MY FREAKIN SANTA!!!!!" she writes. A "flabbergasted" Laurel immediately called her husband at work and started snapping photos for her mom. The goodies included an XBox with custom controllers and Zelda-emblazoned mittens for Laurel and booties for her dog; the video game character (Laurel is a fan) also adorns a beaded picture frame with a doctored photo of Gates with Laurel, her husband, and dog wearing Santa hats. “Come on now, that is the cutest thing!” she writes. Gates also made a donation in her name to the charity code.org "to give more students the chance to learn computer science," Laurel writes, "which is AWESOME because it's something near and dear to my heart." Now, Laurel is wondering what to do for Gates. "I would love to send a thank you card or some kind of something to him," she tells the Huffington Post. Then speculating on whoever ends up as Gates' Santa: "You DON’T get something for the man that has everything, you make something!" (New Zealand really gets into the spirit of Secret Santa.)