Let me start by saying that my Santa is awesome.

In my “Notes to help your Santa” section I mentioned that I have a beetle collection. My Santa delivered. Just look at the pic! This is like the best thing ever.

What makes my handmade beetle magnet even more awesome is that it (DRUMROLL…) bugged the hell out my entomophobic colleagues. I opened the package at the office, where we have a notable tradition of creative office pranks. A colleague actually shrieked when the beetle emerged from its packaging, thinking I had brought a live giant bug to the office. Good times!

The beetle magnet is so amazing that I would’ve been happy getting just that, but there was more. Turns out my Santa is from Edinburgh (the top destination on my must-visit-soon list) and had gone on a heroic quest through souvenir shops to discover non-kitsch fridge magnets. I’m pretty impressed with the results too - how did they know I used to have a puffin soft toy as a kid? Yet again, these magnets would have been more than enough even on their own… but my Santa was still not finished.

The cherry on top was the Mr Spock magnetic bookmark. I’ve been a Trekkie since childhood and had a huge teenage crush on Spock (even though I also shipped Spock pretty hard with Kirk – I was a bit confused as a teen). So many feels and love for this bookmark! I guess I’ll get Kirk too so I can finally make them kiss. <3

Thank you, Santa – your gift made me super happy and caused mayhem at the office, which is pretty much the definition of a perfect gift in my view. Well done you awesome person!