Santa pays traffic fines
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Santa Claus pays traffic fines
From: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in London
December 23, 2005
A MYSTERY Santa Claus in Birmingham brought the Christmas spirit to several motorists who not only found a parking ticket on their windscreen but also a Christmas card and 30 pounds ($71) in cash to pay the fine, press reports said.
Caroline Howard, 27, said the card read, "Don't let this ticket spoil your Christmas - here's 30 to pay it off."
It was signed: "Merry Christmas, parking ticket Santa" and addressed to "Christmas ticketing victim number 14", suggesting that the mystery benefactor had spent at least 420 pounds ($998) in paying off tickets.
"At first I thought it was a joke and kept looking around for the person who had left it there," Howard said, quoted by the Daily Express.
"When I couldn't see anyone, I was shocked but really happy.
"I still can't believe it. It's such a generous thought and goes to show there are kind-hearted people in the world."
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