VIC, Spain -- The fat man came early to this Catalan town known for churches and convents, blessing it with Christmas lottery winnings of $612 million.

Indiana resident Emily Hickox, 25, ended up with a winning Michigan Lottery ticket worth $500,000 after doing a white elephant gift exchange with her family.

Getty Images/iStockphoto A lucky Virginia lottery player bought her ticket on Christmas Day, then won a life-changing prize on New Year’s Day, officials said.

A Michigan woman bought a stack of scratch-off lottery tickets to give as gifts and the only one she kept for herself turned out to be a $1 million winner.

Vladimir Sukhachev Getty Images/iStockphoto A high school teacher didn’t know it at the time, but she received a very valuable Christmas gift last year — a winning Virginia Lottery ticket.

Woman wins $500,000 lottery from white elephant gift exchange ticket Emily Hickox said she was "speechless" when she learned how much she won.