After a week of back-and-forth messaging with my SS, my gift arrived! We were worried it might not get here before I left to visit my parents for the holidays (who live several thousand km away). But what worried him/her more was whether or not I would like the gift. I said if the gift in some way, shape or form fell under ANY of my likes, or ANY of the subreddits where I post a lot, I was definitely going to love it! (I'm not that picky.)

The gift came today with a nice (separate) card! The card was supposed to arrive before the gift to give me some extra karma, but Canada Post was lame and slow so they came at the same time (oh well!). The card featured a cute cat on the front, and inside, a singing f7u12 face!! I am a big choir geek so this was PERFECT.

Now to the actual gifts: On the back of the package it said "For a cold Sunday morning", so immediately I guessed it was probably something to do with tea since I mentioned that as one of my likes. The first thing I opened were some beautiful Christmas balls! I don't have a lot of my own ornaments or a tree, but they are really nice and I will display them somewhere. HOWEVER, they are no ordinary Christmas balls - they had loose leaf TEA inside!!!! Furthermore, they were from David's Tea (a store I LOVE!), and s/he also included tea filters! I actually have a box of these already, but they are running low so now my SS has replenished my supply! YAY!

I noticed as I was taking out the ornaments that the second gift was a book!! I am a HUGE bookworm, but nothing could have prepared me for what it was - a DOCTOR WHO NOVEL!!! I am a HUGE fan of the TV show and had absolutely no idea that there were DW novels!! I was floored that 1) these existed and that 2) my SS bought me my very first DW novel! I will very happily read this while drinking a cup of my new tea (which will undoubtedly make me start reading and/or talking in a British accent).

The last thing in the package was a Cheezburger Cat card! (Confirming once and for all that this gift is from the Internet.) There was a nice message inside as well (see pics).

As a bonus, when my SS shipped my gift, I messaged him/her saying s/he lives in a major city not far away from my parents. In response, s/he gave me two tickets to see sketch comedy at Second City!!! I have heard good things about them but never seen them, so I am stoked to go with one of my best friends in a couple of weeks!! =D

So, Secret Santa (who has chosen to remain secret), you needn't have worried, I absolutely LOVE all of my gifts and you couldn't have picked anything better!! I am very touched by your generosity - these may seem like small gifts, but they mean a lot to me! I will be sure to let you know what I think of Second City (I'm sure it will be a blast). I am VERY grateful and hope you have a very Merry Christmas too!!

TL,DR: My SS was worried about whether s/he got me nice things, and they are all AWESOME AND WONDERFUL.

EDIT: Second City Comedy was hilarious and awesome! Thanks so much again! =)