Neighbors Come Together to Replace California Homeowner’s Stolen Life-Size Santa

After surveillance video showed a man stealing a life-size Santa from the front porch of a home, neighbors gifted the homeowner with a new Santa.

Neighbors in a California neighborhood came together to replace a family’s stolen life-size Santa.

Surveillance video showed a man stealing a life-size Santa from the front porch of a home. The man threw the decoration into the trunk of a car and he and his accomplice drove off. 

But, the Christmas crime story has a happy ending thanks to kind-hearted citizens who stepped in to help.

A neighbor approached the home outside San Francisco that was robbed with other well-wishers to replace the family’s Santa.

“I got excited,” 7-year-old Kathryne Silva tells Inside Edition.

Kathryne and her mother, Maria, and her father, Paul, are happy with the replacement Santa.

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