Christmas won't really be the same this year but it would have been even more grim for Carl and Janice Lewis if it hadn’t been for the generosity of football superstar Gareth Bale.
The Wales and Tottenham Hotspur player, 29, acted as Santa to 300 families across Swansea and stumped up the £15,000 cost of £50 hampers for every one of them.
He also offered up one of his shirts to help spread the Christmas cheer even further, as part of the South Wales Evening Post’s Everyone Deserves A Christmas appeal.
The aim of the appeal was to offer families who would otherwise struggle to meet the cost of buying a festive dinner a hamper packed full of Christmas treats.
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