It's not the Christmas gift people expected.

For residents who put items on layaway at the Wal-Marts in Swatara and Silver Spring townships it's a welcome surprise.

A man, known as "Santa B" to customers, paid for about $180,000 worth of layaway items between the two stores. The same man was responsible for paying off $50,000 worth of layaways at the Silver Spring Township Wal-Mart last year.

Steven Myers, manager at the Silver Spring store, isn't sure why "Santa B" has paid for all the layaways in the store for the past two years, only that he's glad the man did so.

"He just said his business was successful and he wanted to give back to the community," Myers said. "I don't know why he picked our store."

Wal-Mart received a call on Friday from "Santa B's" office asking about the total cost of layaway items. On Monday, the man came in with a $79,000 check, Myers said.

Because of his donation, between 300 and 400 layaways have been completely paid for.

Myers said store workers have spent the past two days alerting people that they can come pick up their items. Everyone has been surprised by the call.

"A lot of people were in tears," Myers said. "They just couldn't believe someone was that kind hearted."