A local Secret Santa is giving $1 million to deserving people in eastern Idaho this holiday season. Every day, from now until the end of the year, the East Idaho News elves will be delivering gifts from Secret Santa and we’ll be sharing the surprise videos here.

Mary has spent the past several months living every mother’s nightmare — and somehow still showing up to work with a strength that has amazed everyone around her.

Her 14-year-old daughter was suddenly rushed to Primary Children’s Hospital after developing a fast-spreading, flesh-eating bacterial infection on her back. Doctors worked urgently to save her, but the infection left a devastating wound — a hole nearly the size of a volleyball.

For almost two months, Mary stayed by her daughter’s bedside while medical teams performed t

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