My Santa was amazing! And very patient, lol. I told them that I wanted to wait until Christmas to open my presents, although they arrived much sooner, because I was unable to go home for Christmas this year and wouldn't have much to open. Having my Santa's gifts under the tree waiting for me made my Christmas morning special all by itself.

The morning only got better when I finally opened them! I first opened a package that came separately from the rest. Knowing my love for baking, food, and books, my Santa got me the book, "Eat Your Feelings: Recipes for Self-Loathing." I seriously laughed out loud at that title. I cannot wait to try out some of the recipes!

I then opened the other box. For such a small box, I was shocked to find so much inside! Inside were three new books to add to my future Beauty and the Beast library (;)). All of them were in some way related to my interests. The first was "The Art of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel." Sounds seriously awesome. My Santa knows I love to travel. Im excited to see what all this book can teach me!

The next book was "The Lessons of History." This is probably the book I'm most excited about. I LOVE history, and I am fascinated by consequences and legacies of the past to now. I seriously cannot wait to dive into this.

The final book was "Experience Germany: The Go Smart Guide to Getting the Most Out of Germany." This was neat by itself, but is absolutely awesome in conjunction with the final gift inside the box--Living Language German Complete Edition, which includes 3 books, 9 audio CDs, and free learning online. My Santa knows that one of my biggest goals it to learn the languages of my heritage, one of the biggest being German. I've been learning it already a little bit on Duolingo, but Duolingo certainly cannot compare with a language learning set like this!!

This plus the other two travel books? I have a feeling I know where my Santa thinks I should travel to next on my world-wide adventures... ;).

Seriously, thank you SO much for all my presents. You could not have chosen better gifts. You absolutely made my holiday!!