Amazingly Kind Neighbor's Multi-Year Christmas Present Plan Could Be A Hallmark Movie

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Eric Lund
Dec 22, 2018 1:00 PM EST

Owen Williams recently got an unusual visit that resulted in a lot of unexpected online attention. On Twitter, he went on to share his feelings about his neighbor Ken and the best way to honor his wishes.

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    Line - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills 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. ১
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills I miscounted. It's fourteen gifts. He always told us he'd live till he was 100-years-old, so these gifts would have taken him up to our little girl's 16th Christmas.
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills 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!
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OowsWills What do you all think? 31% Open now, and rewrap 69% Lucky dip till 2032 67,022 votes Final results
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills There's some press interest in this story, so let me tell you a bit about the man: Ken was a former salvage diver, seaman, carpenter, baker... The first time I met him, he was bouncing a 20ft ladder across the face of his house. He was on top. He was 83 at the time.
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    Canidae - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills Our dog loved him. I mean, genuine visceral love. It was mainly due to the chocolate digestive biscuits he gave her on first meeting. She'd scream whenever she saw him. Really scream. Like a banshee. He'd call her "my darling" and "sweetheart" This is her first meeting.
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills He played the accordion. We'd hear the strains of oompah drift through the kitchen wall late at night He said he'd live to 100. He planned to do this again... Daredevil 85-year-old takes to the skies AN 85-YEAR-OLD widower is inspiring people to combat loneliness by taking up a series of adventurous challenges including wing walking an... barryanddistrictnews.co.uk
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    Product - Owen Williams @OwsWills We opened one. We couldn't resist Follow CHRISTMAS EVE AT THE MELLOPS by Tom Ungres ON
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills I've just done interviews with @BBCWalesNews and @WalesOnline, and had the pleasure of an emotional chat with @bbcworldservice's @JackieLeonard01 - which will be on a little later, I'd hazard I dare you not to cry Still to come: @theipaper
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills And now @TwitterMoments have jumped on board! I sincerely hope I've done Ken and his family justice in all this (It's starting to feel like the plot of a Richard Curtis Christmas film) A story about Christmas gifts that were bought for the next 14 years Amazing An elderly man who lived next door to Owen Williams (@OwsWills) bought 14 gifts for Williams' daughter before he passed away. Many people have been responding with their thoughts on when Moments
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills I need a nap Your Tweet activity Your Tweets earned 5,181,568 impressions over the last 24 hours பயாமா 10AM 10AM
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    Text - Owen Williams Follow @OwsWills We're definitely going to open one every year till 2032, by the way. It'll be our way of remembering an immensely generous gentleman our new Christmas tradition We'll add the pics to this thread for as long as Twitter is still a thing!
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