My Santa is a super mystery... I saw that they had pulled my info, but didn't hear anything else from them. No probing anonymous messages, no obvious stalking, etc. This is my first year doing Reddit's Secret Santa and I had no idea what to expect. That's fine though, because nothing could have prepared me for the awesome gift my Santa gave me!

I came home from work today and found a package containing a heavy gift wrapped item. There was a card attached that said "Your first gift! More to come I hope you like it!" - this was signed "Your Reddit Secret Santa."

So I'm so giddy with excitement I can't even bring myself to open the present at first - it was so exciting that I almost wanted to keep it a mystery forever. Almost! After about a half an hour of just admiring the present with childlike glee I could no longer stand it and I opened it up to find... OMG! The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Volume 2! It's an amazing collection of some of Chris Claremont and John Byrne's best work on The Uncanny X-Men including The Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past. I can't wait to read all of these classic stories again! I can only hope that the person I bought for loves their gifts as much as I love this one!

I am blown away at the amazing gift my Santa gave me and I hope they can see this and know what an awesome gift they've given me and how much giddy joy I felt as I opened that wrapping paper and found this amazing book. I have read a lot of "Thank you kind stranger" posts in the Secret Santa threads, but (hopefully without being too cheesy) I have to disagree as far as my gift goes. Yes, thank you to my Secret Santa but this is no stranger to me - it's just an awesome friend that I haven't had the pleasure of meeting yet!

Update - A second package arrived in the mail this morning! This time it seems like my amazing Secret Santa was hinting that I should enjoy a movie and game night! Inside was a book that I've been wanting for ages "The Ultimate History of Video Games". I'd read it at the library some time ago and always wanted to own a copy. My Santa also sent me the awesome "King of Kong" documentary! It's a great flick about competitive arcade gaming, and I've always loved it, so I'm super happy to own it! I'll be watching it tonight while munching on the awesome chocolates my Secret Santa sent me. They also sent a carton of Flavacol! What the heck is that? Well last year my wife gave me a pretty awesome popcorn machine for a theater room that I've been slowly building. I'm a total nerd for authenticity, so in my research I found that this is the stuff real theaters use on their popcorn. Now I'm excited to pop up a batch of popcorn for a movie night and see if it's really just like theater popcorn. Last, but certainly not least they sent me an awesome looking card game called "Tichu". I love games of all types and I'm really eager to gather a couple of friends together and give this game a whirl.

Thank you again Secret Santa - you are AWESOME!