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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. ||||| He may not have gifted her the iPad she wanted, but Bill Gates proved a very generous Secret Santa to a Reddit user. NY1227 wrote a post last night to reveal that the RedditGifts' elf-matching service had paired her with the Microsoft founder. Not that she worked it out immediately—well, would you, if your package was addressed to you like this? 
 
 It wasn't until the recipient discovered a photo in the package of the software creator turned philanthropist cuddling a cow that she realized who it was from. 
 
 As well as gifting a cuddly cow and a travel book, Gates donated a cow, via Heifer International, to a family in the developing world, in her name. 
 
 The post is a joy to read. For example: "My santa had not messaged me, but I knew I was super thorough and have a pretty good posting history so I wasn't too worried that my santa would stiff me. Finally, I received a shipped notification to my email on Monday- I was SO SO SO excited but even more excited when I realized A) my gift was being OVERNIGHTED and B) it was 7 pounds- OMG!" 
 
 Let us reiterate, it is a joy. "Thank you so much Bill for a fantastic and thoughtful gift. I'd really love to send a thank you card to you, but if not, I hope this post and message suffices. Thank you so much!!!!!! I will think of you every time I read my book, which will find a nice home on my coffee table once I'm done reading it. 10/10, I would receive a gift from Bill Gates again. " 
 
 And finally, she added a postscript: "Sorry for the apple ipad on my wishlist, that was really awkward."
– 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.)