Stephanie Pearson gathered gift cards taped to candy canes Wednesday and set out to give them away to complete strangers.

The Walmart store in Hastings received a call Tuesday morning from an anonymous donor requesting to pay off all the layaways.

At Kmart stores across the country, Santa seems to be getting some help: Anonymous donors are paying off strangers' layaway accounts, buying the Christmas

On Thursday, NBC's "Nightly News with Brian Williams" featured the story of the secret Santa who paid of layaway bills at the Plainfield Avenue Kmart last

Random acts of Christmas kindness have been springing up all over West Michigan -- mainly with people paying others' layaway orders.

With the economy still struggling, what prompts the secret Santas to be so generous?

For nearly a week, customers of the Kmart on Plainfield Avenue continue to play secret Santa by paying off complete strangers' layaway bills. Now, the trend

For the fourth straight day, someone who wishes to remain anonymous paid off the layaway bills of complete strangers.

For the third day in a row, regular people have come into the Kmart on Plainfield Avenue to play secret Santa by paying off complete strangers' layaway bills.