Yahoo Movies Adorable widower leaves neighbour's two-year-old daughter 14 years of Christmas presents after he dies
A kind-hearted widower who doted on his two-year-old neighbour secretly bought Christmas presents for her to open for the next 14 years which were delivered after he died.
Ken Watson, 87, carried out a final act of kindness before he died by wrapping up a bundle of presents for Cadi Williams, who he had doted on as if the two-year-old was his own granddaughter.
After the retired diver died recently, Cadi’s parents Owen and Caroline Williams were left in tears on Monday when 14 presents were delivered by Mr Watson’s daughter to their house, in Barry.
“He’d always told us he’d live till he was 100-years-old,” Mr Williams said after the presents were delivered. “So these gifts would have taken him up to our little girl’s 16th Christmas.”
Our elderly neighbour passed away recently. His daughter popped round a few moments ago clutching a large plastic sack. In the sack were all the Christmas presents he’d bought for *our* daughter for the next thirteen years. 😢 pic.twitter.com/6CjiZ99Cor
— Owen Williams 🏴 (@OwsWills)
Mr Watson’s daughter, whose father was widowed when his wife died in February 2012, found the presents when she was cleaning out the home and delivered them in a large plastic sack.
One present bought by the 87-year-old before he died was Christmas Eve at the Mellops’ by Tomi Ungerer. Others are said to include Duplo, soft toys and more books.
Writing on Twitter, Mr Williams, from Vale of Glamorgan, wrote: “My wife and I think it might make a nice Christmas tradition to give our daughter ‘a present from Ken’ for the next 14 years.
“Issue is, we really have to open them now. Nobody wants to give a fifteen-year-old Duplo!”
My wife and I think it might make a nice Christmas tradition to give our daughter “a present from Ken” for the next 14 years.
Issue is, we really have to open them now. Nobody wants to give a fifteen-year-old Duplo!— Owen Williams 🏴 (@OwsWills)
Scores of people praised the gesture online, with one writing: “What a thoughtful man who clearly thought so much of you all as a family, made me cry this morning.
“I would say give her one each year and let his memory be a household name. She will grow up to know she made an impact on his full life as he continues to make one on hers.”
“You HAVE to give her one a year,” another wrote on Twitter. “It doesn’t matter in the slightest if they are too old or too young. Presents are all about the giving, not the receiving.”
“That is just the loveliest, most thoughtful thing to do. I would save them each year and remind her what a lovely man you lived next door to,” one person said.
Others called it a “truly beautiful gesture” and others said it was “the true meaning of Christmas”.
