Results: Business owner gives huge Christmas gifts to employees

How big? How about month's worth of rent? $1,000 in cash? Even a car! Have you ever received a surprisingly large Christmas gift from someone (or an employer)?

According to Pittsburgh CBS affiliate KDKA, "Owner Aimee Hernandez said she's been going all out with her holiday parties since she bought the store in 2016. Up until now, she's always done a white elephant-style party, but she said it sometimes left people with gifts they didn't want — like a beard trimmer for a single high school girl." Have you ever received a bogus gift at a company Christmas party - or some other party?

"This year, because of the pandemic and staffing shortages, Hernandez said she wanted the party to be 'HUGE," KDKA noted. Hernandez passed out tickets based on who worked the most. She told KDKA."I scrimped and saved every extra penny all year in secret, it was so hard to keep it a surprise!" Have you ever gone well out of your way to make a party or some other event a huge success?

That scrimping and saving allowed her to surprise the restaurant staff with prizes like "a week's worth of salary, a big screen TV, $1,500 in Apple gift cards, a Nintendo Switch, six Steelers tickets, a Louis Vuitton purse and the big prize: a RAV4." Are you surprised a restaurant owner was able to "scrimp and save" enough to afford such big prizes as this?

The car was the biggest prize by far and Hernandez said it went to employee who deserved it the most. It even came wrapped in a red bow! Hernandez said, "The winner of the car was legitimately the most deserving employee to win it. He is an incredibly hard worker, always smiling and positive, and has the kindest heart. He has a little girl, and really needed a reliable vehicle." The owner added of her staff, "They are an amazing unit, and support each other in ways that make my heart so happy." Have you ever had an employer you felt genuinely valued you as an employee as much as Aimee Hernandez apparently values hers?