Christmas won鈥檛 be the same for Owen Williams or his family for the next 14 years 鈥� and it鈥檚 all thanks to the literal parting gifts from his late neighbour.

On Monday, the Welsh father about how his elderly neighbour Ken Watson had passed away and left his family something besides memories of friendship.

He described how Watson鈥檚 daughter had come over to his house with a giant plastic bag filled to the brim with 14 gifts.

鈥淚n the sack were all the Christmas presents he鈥檇 bought for *our* daughter,鈥� he wrote online, later adding that, 鈥渉e always told us he鈥檇 live till he was a hundred years old, so these gifts would have taken him up to our little girl鈥檚 16th Christmas.鈥�

Williams said the gesture took him by surprise.

鈥淚 was speechless. Gobsmacked,鈥� he wrote in a text to CTVNews.ca. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a breathtaking thing. Words rarely fail me, but this was a rare occasion.鈥�

On Twitter, he wrote: 鈥淢y wife and I think it might make a nice Christmas tradition to give our daughter, 鈥榓 present from Ken鈥� for the next 14 years.鈥�

William鈥檚 daughter Cadi is only two years old but she鈥檇 have a new gift until 2032. Williams on whether the gifts should be opened all at once or doled out to her until her teens.

Over 69 per cent of the 67,000 people polled voted for the family to do the latter. Williams said they plan to honour that.

鈥淚t'll be our way of remembering an immensely generous gentleman 鈥� our new Christmas tradition,鈥� he said online. 鈥淲e'll add the pics to this thread for as long as Twitter is still a thing!鈥�

Although he mused that some of the gifts might not make sense for a teenager, Williams said that won鈥檛 matter.

'The real spirit of Christmas, don't you think?'

鈥淓ven if she doesn't appreciate the gift itself, the sentiment and the thought behind it is the important thing here,鈥� he told CTVNews.ca. 鈥淚t's the real spirit of Christmas, don't you think?鈥�

They鈥檝e already opened one of the gifts which was the book, 鈥淐hristmas Eve at the Mellops'鈥� by Tomi Ungerer. The French writer-artist even reached out to and said he would love to sign the book for Cadi.

Williams said the attention his story has received has been staggering. His story has been covered by several news outlets and even became a .

鈥淚t鈥檚 been an insane 24 hours,鈥� he told CTVNews.ca., adding that 鈥淜en鈥檚 family have been utterly overwhelmed.鈥�

Williams took to who Watson was besides being a neighbourly Santa Claus. He wrote about Watson鈥檚 love for the accordion and his plan to do a second 鈥渨ing walk.鈥�

When Watson did his first wing walk, he was and revealed how he had sought more adventure ever since his 86-year-old wife Beryl died in February 2012.

鈥淜en was a former salvage diver, seaman, carpenter, baker,鈥� Williams also about Watson. 鈥淭he first time I met him, he was bouncing a 20 ft. (six metre) ladder across the face of his house. He was on top. He was 83 at the time.鈥�

Williams added that Watson would regularly give his dog chocolate biscuits and call her 鈥渕y darling鈥� and 鈥渟weetheart.鈥�

While Watson鈥檚 last gesture was a surprise, it鈥檚 not out of character. He鈥檇 given Williams鈥� daughter a Christmas gift ever since she was born.

But when it came to the 14 gifts, he called it, 鈥渦tterly unexpected.鈥�