Secret Santas: Anonymous generosity increases due to time of year, various motivations

Friday, December 14, 2012 - 09:01 in Psychology & Sociology

A family gets a surprise phone call informing them that their holiday gifts on layaway have been paid for a by a stranger. A passerby discreetly slips $1,000 into a donation bucket among the $1 bills. Instances of anonymous generosity such as these seem to be more common each year.

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