A veritable Grinch has anonymously apologized with a handwritten note to the little girl whose Christmas lights he stole while drunk.

Chiara Velardi, 9, was left in tears after unidentified men pulled up in a car outside her Sydney home on Thursday night and swiped her two light-up reindeer.

A surveillance camera captured the theft of the display, which, while only worth around $55, was of huge sentimental value to her family.

See the video below:

Middleton Grange: Thieves caught stealing Christmas light display from front lawn. @DamienSmith_7 #7News https://t.co/g7HcZkm7ie — 7 News Sydney (@7NewsSydney) December 2, 2016

“You shouldn’t do that anymore,” Velardi said to the thieves during an interview with 7 News Sydney, before demanding that they “say sorry to my dad, my mom and me.”

It appears they saw the news broadcast: On Saturday night two men who claimed they knew the main culprit delivered a letter of apology and around $74 in compensation to the family.

@7NewsSydney there's been a happy ending for the girl whose reindeer were stolen last week. pic.twitter.com/PLFFDIF5mQ — Damien Smith (@DamienSmith_7) December 3, 2016

“To who ever’s Christmas I destroyed,” the handwritten note read, “I’m very sorry for taking your raindeer (sic). I was unaware of my actions due to being drunk.”

The mystery writer also urged Velardi to keep putting up her Christmas lights outside her home “because they were wonderful.”

Velardi’s father, Roy, said he felt the duo who delivered the message were “pretty genuine” and that he’d accepted the apology.”