Wow! I am literally speechless. I've done redditgifts for awhile and have always had a good experience, but does this one take the cake! So my Santa knew I was into collecting vinyl, and they told me they had something special up their sleeve. Some records from their personal collection. I was intreged, nervous, and excited! No matter what the music was, something from ones personal collection would be telling of that person, what they enjoy, what they no longer wanted maybe, but loved at some point. So I waited for the package to arrive with great anticipation.

And then it came, and wow, was I shocked! Upon opening the rather large package I discoved first a Book with a letter. It was an encyclopedia on american record identification and pricing from 1950 -2000. What a treat! As I started to read the letter I saw some artist were meantioned and decided to read it later to keep it a suprise. I began to dig though the records, all amazing! A SEALED 30th anniversary pressing of DSOTM. Picture discs of a Sun Records Comp and Boston's Self Titled. A special Holiday comp from Philles Records aka Phil Spector aka what Brian Wilson declared his favorite album of all time. A MINT pressing of Walter Carlos' Switched on Bach, which I wonder if I recieved because I live in Asheville NC, home of Moog. I have a really beat up pressing of this already, so I am thrilled for the upgrade. And finally, the my favorite, All Things Must Pass 30th Anniversay addition. George Harrison is my favorite Beatle and this obviously is my favorite record of his. I have a very worn out copy that plays decent, but this, this is more than an upgrade. This is something I feel I may never play just to keep it as clean as it is. Needless to say, all these records were Mint to Near Mint condition, so a majority of them might not get played except under the right conditions. Like a fine wine. (But I probably won't ever open the Pink Floyd haha).

So then I read the letter. This person was clearly an audiophile, a collector of many years, someone who kept their collection and didn't lose sight of the value of vinyl. I felt so lucky to have been paired with them. And in the end of the letter from my Santa, they inform of something. I open the book, and it's autographed to me from the author! Wow. You've already made this Christmas an extremely special one. Thank you!