Father Christmas doesn’t ask for anything before dishing out gifts…
If you lack money for Christmas Chicken, you can just say it or come out on the street with a tray, and you will see those who will offer you a helping hand, but trying to use this send me this and get a surprise won’t work; it looks like 98% scam to me.
Of course I think it looks like a scam to me too, just like as you have said I think the best time for him to do if he doesn't have anything to buy chicken this Christmas is to open up to his friends instead of asking this in the forum.
Sometimes I used to wonder how most people normally reason when they create unnecessary thread like this. Les see who is going to send him Bitcoin he should go ahead with his fake surprises we don't care about it, we should always be aware of scammers this Christmas season.