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The charitable Oprah Winfrey.

MACON, Georgia (AP):

Oprah Winfrey, kicking off a series of shows highlighting towns across the United States, concluded a taping in Macon on Saturday by dishing out gifts large and small to audience members.

Under the theme 'Oprah's favourite things', she showered the crowd with presents ranging from refrigerators to camcorders to wrapping paper. The show will air tomorrow.

Winfrey also toured downtown Macon and stopped by Nu-Way, a well-known hot dog restaurant, Friday afternoon.

Afterwards she proclaimed the hot dogs her favourite thing about the visit.

Macon spent as much as $20,000 to ready City Auditorium for Winfrey's visit. Her company, Harpo Productions, has offered to reimburse the city for some of the improvements to the historic building.