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An employee wouldn't tell the customer who it was, but said the anonymous person paid off $20,000 worth of purchases.

"As my eyes filled with tears I vowed to pay it forward as often as I could," the customer said.

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This holiday weekend's options include a staging of Disney’s “Newsies: The Broadway Musical” at Marietta Performing Arts Center. (Courtesy of Lolek’s Storytellers Theater Company)

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UPS driver Dan Partyka delivers an overnight package. As more people buy more goods online, the rapid and unrelenting expansion of e-commerce is causing real challenges for the Sandy-Springs based company. (Bob Andres/AJC 2022)

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