A sanitation worker in Colorado returned a Christmas present to a family who accidentally threw it out. And they rewarded his honesty in a way that really touched his life.

"I was just dumping the cart in the back of the truck and seen the card on top of the pile of trash," garbage man Jimmy James told Fox News. He checked the card by phone to see if it had a balance and found it was brand new.

The family couldn't believe that someone would take the time to drive back on their own time and personally return the card.

They gave him a cash thank-you worth more than the card.

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Story tip from Kristen Susie Crumley