I'm new to Reddit and was very excited to be participating in this planetary Secret Santa.

I looked on as the Gallery grew with images of imaginative, crazy, and just plain weird posts of gifts received and my own excitement grew. Finally, my package arrived today and I quickly ripped it open.

From my Secret Santa: - a nice letter describing the gift - yummy black licorice candy (one of my favorite) - a dream catcher (like I had as a child) - an empty Delft blue gift bag - a German birthday card to Laura from her Mom and Pop (I'm not Laura and I don't speak/read German) taped shut by the U.S. postal service

So...it looks like my package was cut open and anything of value taken (they must have overlooked the black licorice). Then the U.S. postal service (USPS) re-sealed the package and sent it along to me. No explanation or apology included.

Did someone break into a USPS transport truck and take the obvious gifts? Temporary employee stealing? We'll probably never know.

Mentioned in letter and sadly missing: - chocolates - Delft circle (pottery?)

As for the birthday card, I have two theories. Either my guy wrapped it up in my gift by accident from his kitchen table or the USPS found a pile of tampered mail and by accident thought the card was with my ripped open gift.

Thanks for trying Secret Santa. The licorice and dream catcher are great. I still had fun and absolutely plan to participate again in a Reddit exchange.

Here's hoping 2017 is better than 2016!