Beth Patton Beth Patton
For Beth Patton, the best part of the holiday season is not the lights, or the snow, or opening presents from family members — it’s swapping gifts with random strangers on the Internet.
So, when a popular “Secret Santa” gift exchange run by the image hosting site Imgur dropped its program ahead of Christmas this year, the 26-year-old from Indiana was devastated.
“I told my family — I was like ‘Christmas is canceled.’ That was my absolute favorite part of Christmas. I look forward to it all year,” she said.
It was the latest online gift giving event of its kind