Woman with husband in wheelchair, son with special needs sobs when given Secret Santa gift
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- Опубликовано: 30 окт 2023
- #eastidahonews #secretsanta #christmas
The EastIdahoNews.com team is busy helping a local Secret Santa give $1 million to deserving people in eastern Idaho this holiday season. This is the ninth year the Secret Santa is blessing people in our community and every day, from now until the end of the year, we will post videos of the recipients being surprised with these life-changing gifts.
Shelli and her husband Ron live in Idaho Falls. They raised three children, the oldest of whom has special needs and she cares for night and day.
Ron's health has declined over the past few years and he needs a wheelchair. He goes to dialysis and wound care three times a week and Shelli lovingly spends her days taking him from one appointment to the next.
Somehow, she still manages to serve those around her. She mows her family's lawn, but also those of the elderly around her. She shovels their walks when she shovels her own. She is the first person to share a kind word or encourage someone else. She willingly serves in her church and always has a smile.
A few years ago, Shelli decided to go back to school and get her degree to become a teacher. Right after she completed her bachelor's degree, Ron became very sick and needed to start dialysis. She hasn't been able to work because she has been a full-time caregiver since she graduated.
Shelli and Ron drive an old SUV and she has to lift Ron's heavy wheelchair into the vehicle whenever they travel. The SUV is not reliable and could break down at any moment.
Secret Santa heard about Ron and Shelli and asked the East Idaho News elves to go pay them a visit. Watch our first surprise of the year in the video player above!
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I am a Muslim who doesnt celebrate Christmas but i love this time of the year because of Secret Santa surprises and Thank you Nate and team for bringing this to our screen.
Happy Holidays to you my friend 😄
Kindness and love is really universal! 💜
I'm a Christian who doesn't celebrate Christmas. I also appreciate the Secret Santa surprises. Tis the season! Bring on the Happy Tears!
There are some Christians that do not celebrate XMas, like my brother. He has unshakable faith in his Christian life but doesn' celebrate XMas.
Merry Xmast to you my friend. Greetings from Norway.
“So many people have it so much worse” That statement is exactly why you deserve it. 😍
Exactly!
my first thought too xx
Yees!!
Hooray!! Secret Santa is back! What sweet deserving, humble folks for the first Secret Santa surprise! Great job Nate and all the wonderful elves!! ❤️🙏🕊
My thoughts exactly
Her kid looks so sweet, he sees her getting emotional and wraps his arms around his mom, that's the best moment in this whole video!
I have to agree. It made me smile when he did that. What a sweet family ❤
He made me cry, what a caring son.
me too! loves momma!@@ceceliagunness1641
Aw yeah, Keenan, I really like that name ❤️.
Amen
The first Secret Santa of 2023 and I can’t control these tears from coming out my eyes!!! You can just tell by watching this how beautiful of a woman she is ❤ well deserved!
I believe it's actually the 2nd Secret Santa. This nice Lady and her family were to be the first but they weren't home so...
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Me too!
Same!
Hooray for the first Secret Santa of the year. This lady and her family are so deserving.Greetings from the UK, so happy it's back, you have made my day. Thank you SS x
Good morning from across the pond!! ☕️
Also from the UK. These brighten my day and shed a few tears ❤
Wonderful mi love it 😂😂
I have been waiting all year for this!!!!
Watching from the UK too. Love this channel and Secret Santa!
When someone feels like there are people so much worse off, you know you've got a selfless, deserving person. She seems like such a sweetheart with a beautiful family. What a great start to the Secret Santa segments of 2023!
I know Keenan is non verbal but the care and love he gave his mom at 4:20 is a very special hug.
What a great way to start the month! What a deserving family. She’s so grateful 😭
I'm so happy for her and her family.
If you have dry eyes after this...something's wrong. OMG what a wonderful gesture to someone who clearly needed it.
What a sweet woman. She quietly carries her burdens in life without any complaints. Wow, she deserves it ❤❤❤
As a guy in a wheelchair whose wife has to lift it in and out of the car along with a dev challenged daughter, I appreciate the Secret Santa giving to someone who needs and appreicates it more than you could imagine.
Hooray! Secret Santa is back! This woman really deserves this!! Soo much! Way to Secret Santa!
The way Keenan is Holding his Moms hand while they walk is very clear that in his mind, He's protecting and caring for her. Much love to this family. Wish them All the positivity and good fortune the world can bring them.
Christmas always comes early in Idaho! 🎅
My laptop is soaked with tears!! I love seeing these so much. What a precious, humble soul she is!! And her beautiful family. Secret Santa is an angel on earth and Nate and his team are truly amazing. God bless
Yeah! ❤ Secret Santa
Did anyone else notice how sweet and connected the son was to his mom? I love secret santa!
What a deserving ANGEL! Thank you soooo much dearest SANTA! 🤗😍😘😘
South Africa 🌍🦁🙏🥰
Yes!!! Secret Santa is back. This woman is so very deserving yet she is thinking about others. Thank you, Secret Santa. As she said, you are amazing! 🎅
This Idaho secret santa is amazing, giving out millions over many years to help many people. The person never wants any open recognition stays anonymous until now. They just want to help and don't want anything back.
In this time of suffering and hardship, it is always nice that there are people who don't just think about themselves. I wish there were a lot more of it. In 25 years of firefighting, I've seen a lot of hardship. But there's not much you can do about it. That's why we need more people like Secret Santa. Greetings from Germany and Merry Christmas.
I cry at everyone of these and this lady is so deserving!
Nothing like starting off the day sobbing at the generosity of Secret Santa blessing those in need, and having the best team to deliver the blessing! Thank you Secret Santa, Nate, and the whole East Idaho team! Continued blessings for that family!
I cried thru the whole video...what a gift from the heart..she deserved every bit of it...
I always cry watching the Secret Santa videos. I love watching people who are struggling get the help they need in such a wonderful loving way! Love you Secret Santa! ❤❤
So many of the recipients of Secret Santa’s generosity are so humble. It is heart warming.
I saw this video was just uploaded and was SO happy to see Secret Santa episodes again. This is the one thing that always rings me tears, but they're always happy ones. Thank you Secret Santa,Nate and all the East Idaho Elves! This family is truly in need and what a sweet lady!
What a sweet sweet spirit she has. Just a wonderful, clearly loving, family. ❤❤❤❤
You really know how to start the holiday season off right, thank you all for your goodness!
I am in New Zealand but I too am excited to see this series continuing. Amazing donations Secret Santa. I hope you are well and have a long happy life.
Secret Santa is back 🎉🎉🎉🎉.. it's the true spirit of Christmas 🎁🎁..
Can't wait to watch more of Secret Santa! I love seeing the joy he brings. ❤️
So happy to see Secret Santa again!! What a lovely deserving family!! Hope they can make it accessible…
That was soooo beautiful. Tears over here too.
I am from England UK, and saw one of your videos for the first time last year (2022), I am blown away by the kindness of the Secret Santa"s
And this lady 100% deserves it ♥️🧡 Love from myself and my son
This is the best start to the holiday season! Retail stores? Start your holiday season out on the right side by helping the people who are struggling so much!
I love Nate and I love this series every year sending blessings to all from Virginia ❤
Edit: when her son hugged and comforted her was so aweet and heartwarming. Thank you Nate and East Idaho News for all you do for such deserving people.
I agree! It was crazy to see how he didn’t let his special needs stop him from caring for his mom ❤
@@BrandonCiCi absolutely. You can tell he has a big heart and his parents have done a wonderful job raising such a kind young man. And as you said, his disability doesn't stop him. God bless this young man and his family.
And Brandon, I hope you have a wonderful day!
@@Michelebell74 aw just reading that made my day wonderful already 🙂 thank you. I hope you have a wonderful day as well, take care!
@@BrandonCiCi and thank you!! I'm happy to make your day better. You take care of yourself too!
I love to watch these Secret Santa shows. It’s how I discovered your channel a couple of years ago and even though I don’t live in ID, I watch your channel often. God bless this family. Thank you for your uplifting videos.
Oh, wow, I've got to stock up on the Kleenex; right out the gate, this one made me cry.
What a sweet, sweet lady & beautiful family! I wish them all the best.
Thank you so much for helping them, Secret Santa!!
Thank you, Secret Santa, for showing us the goodness in our world. This is what we need ❤
Christmas is approaching and Stay safe everyone
Yes!❤ Secret Santa is back.
What a lovely surprise to start this years' Secret Santa, such a lovely family, who have watched Secret Santa themselves and never dreamed that it would be them!
Better get my tissues ready, as I'll cry every morning now for the next two months!
Thank you, Secret Santa and the East Idaho News Elves, Love from the UK ❤
OMG WE ARE BAAAACK!!!! I did not expect it will be today! 😭🫶🏼
Love that Secret Santa is back. What a great way to start!
I love the Secret Santa series.
So happy to see Secret Santa is back with Nate and the gang! This gal and family are so grateful! They deserve it! In a world going through so much now it is so comforting to see the hope and happiness you bring to others! What a way to kick off the Holidays! God bless you all!🙏❤️
Always love secret Santa videos
Yay, so happy for the start of Secret Santa!! 🎉🎉🎉🎅🎅🎅🎁🎁🎁
What a lovely humble couple and so well deserved. A great start to Secret Santa Nate and team.
So special! ❤
Thank you Secret Santa!! And we're off on another year or BEAUTIFUL blessings!! 🌲🎄🎅🕯️
Wow what a lovely deserving family and what a nice surprise to Secret Santa back this morning. What a lovely way to start off every morning!
Wow Secret Santa is back! Always great to see deserving people helped and feel the love
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I hope Shelli and Ron have been enjoying their new car and hope this Christmas brings the entire family more cheer and love than they've ever had! Merry Christmas!!!
Awe! You and your sweet family deserve every blessing! Thank you for all you do!
Nate, what you and your team do for deserving individuals is so warming. Secret Santa is my joy for the season.
This is such an amazing and life changing gift for so many people. Secret Santa, Nate and team you're all amazing.
So looking forward to this! Thank you
I so love it when a man cries. They seldom do. Tears are raw emotion.
I love Sacret Santa, I hope he has a great life and an appreciative family.
Long time EIN viewer, love Nate, EIN and Secret Santa. 🎅
HoHoHo everyone.
I had a feeling 11/1 would be the 1st episode this year!!! Morning Coffee and secret Santa is back in my life!! What a wonderful 1st receiptiant!
Fantastic, it's started once again. Thanks, Secret Santa and Nate, and his team. God bless this lady and her family they are so deserving.
Thank you Secret Santa and his East Idaho News elves. Hugs from UK ❤
YAY!!! I love this time of year ❤🎄
Amazing! I began watching a few of my faves from your old clips just yesterday, in need of a cheer-me-up. And here you are - back for 2023! THANK YOU Secret Santa!! ❤️
My first tears of the season!! Secret Santa is fabulous, and the East Idaho News team is so wonderful in researching through all the nominations and finding the most perfect people to surprise with the blessings!!
Now my holiday season can begin! I wait each year for Secret Santa to happen and the happy tears,mine,to happen as well. I’m from B.C. Canada and just want to say thank you Nate,East Idaho news and of course Secret Santa for bringing joy to people’s lives.
What a great start to Secret Santa!! 🎅 Before watching this, I knew they were being gifted with a new vehicle! 🔑 This beautiful mother/wife certainly has her hands full & this family deserves these gifts! 🎁 🎁
The start of joyful season! Thank you EIN! Thank you Nate & Everyone!
Yay yay yay love this- so glad to see # 1!!! god bless the secret Santa season 2023💕🎄
Best time of year!!, love you Secret Santa and Nate and the team ❤ 👏🙏🇬🇧
Watching from Seattle. So glad we could share this joy❤❤❤❤🎉
Thank God for Nate, Santa, and all the crew! The world really needs these .
Good to see this program again. I've been checking out the old VDOs for a couple weeks. Thanks Nate and team and Secret Santa who provides fund to this program. Even though, I am not nominated but it makes the world better at least to me. Thank you.
I love to see Secret Santa in back! So inspiring! Thanks for all the positivity Nate and Team! With love from 🇨🇦
I’m so excited Secret Santa is back!! Thank you so much for all you do 😊
Yay!!!! So glad you are back! I look forward to watching this every year and it makes my heart so happy. Bless the wonderful person allowing this to happen
This is a total tearjerker! I cried right along with Shelly and Ron!! ❤
What a gracious, lovely, deserving family. Thank you, Secret Santa and EIN!
What a heart warming story! Thank you for sharing in the joy, Nate and East Idaho News staff!
Thank you East Idaho News and the Secret Santa Team. Hope and a little help works miracles. ML from Oregon. 🎅
I love this time of year. It’s better since I’ve discovered East Idaho News a few years ago now. Love this. Great way to kick it off this year. Merry Christmas!!
OMG this makes me so happy. I have thought about Secret Santa for the last month, but didn't expect it to be here so early. Puts a huge smile on my face and makes me excited for Christmas time.
I hope Nate is enjoying all the good news and happiness he is spreading. After reporting on such tragic things this year, this must
feel so healing (or so I imagine)
Lots of love from Germany ❤
That’s exactly what I was thinking! Poor Nate has seen and heard and had to report on such horrible things this past year. I hope the joy he brings to others can erase some of that for him. ❤❤
So many millionaires and multimillionaires out there who could do exactly the same, if not more, in their communities. Can’t bring it with you guys!!!
Nate is not a secret anymore....we all love him and secret Santa, a generous American
What a beautiful way to start my day . Tears flowed watching her son lead the way to their new car . God Bless her and her family.
Aaaah my much-awaited moment and season! What truly deserving people. And I’m bawling. ❤
Thank you Nate and East Idaho News and Secret Santa! What an amazing family you and secret Santa helped. You brightened everyone’s day ! ❤️🙏🏻
I Love watching these videos every year .....today is the perfect day to see one .....today is my 20th Anniversary with my amazing partner and our temp outside hit 28 degrees we got our first light coat of snow / frost ...and to watch these videos makes things feel cozy ....thank you to your secret Santa and to all of your helpers there ...i hope everyone in ur videos has an amazing holiday season ...from my lil family here in Ohio
Hurray! Saw the clip where you said Secret Santa would start right away in November and here you are! Thank you so much to Secret Santa for your loving generosity. It lifts our spirits along with those of the people whose lives are touched by you. Many thanks and love!
I wait for this all year! I'm so glad this is back! Can't wait to watch and cry daily. Thank you secret santa for all you do for these folks. ❤💚🎁
Thank you!! That was absolutely beautiful!! Happy Tears are streaming!!
To the gentleman behind all of these wonderful acts of goodwill:
Thank you for blessing your state with these acts of service. I am delighted to see that you care so deeply and have chosen to give of what seems like a veritable fortune to others. I lead a very busy life and it can get quite stressful from time to time, and it's nice to sit down and see that the world isn't always as cruel as it's often made out to be. As my Millenial generation friends will joke, "I wanna be like you when I grow up!" 😉
In all seriousness, you and others inspire me to be thoughtful and to try to think about others who do not have the resources I do, and to share the proverbial wealth about. I appreciate your kindness and thoughtfulness deeply.
To the East Idaho News Crew, thank you for putting in the work and the time into these yearly projects, and for lifting others up. You are helping to inspire others to make our world better in so many tiny ways, akin to many drops of water creating a flood of kindness. Your contributions to our world are now watched all over, and I'm appreciate of you too.
I wish you well too, dear reader.
What a lovely lady so deserving. I wish her, her husband and her son a wonderful Christmas and Happy 2024! Thank you Secret Santa , Nate and his fabulous team at East Idaho news. 👏❤️🇬🇧
What a wonderful blessing!! There is still good people out there!!
The kick off to Secret Santa was successful!! Congratulations to the receiving family! It's so refreshing to witness such kindness. Merry Christmas! 🎄🎄
This is the most heart warming series. I watch from Australia. May God bless your secret santa and all the recipients.
Thank you to the Secret Santa for his phenomenal generosity! It's what makes these videos possible for us to enjoy. I look forward to these every year. And big thanks to Nate and the team for being the delivery elves. Great job all around!
What a sweet woman
Christmas has never been the same since my Dad died from lung cancer. It’s hard for me to feel anything except his absence. This is one of the few things that makes me smile this time of the year. Merry Christmas!
You made my day Nate. Thank you for all you do. Have a great day my friend, and God Bless you ❤️🙂⚘️.