I may have had the best Secret Santa. Verne Troyer and Bill Gates have nothing on my Santa.

It all started with the messages. I could tell that my Santa was paying attention by making King of the Hill references and asking about my food smoking preferences. They took a lot of time messaging back and forth to get a good idea of what I liked and don't like. They were super friendly and kind throughout the exchange.

I saw that my package was sent, but there was no tracking info added. So, it was a mystery for when it would show up. I was surprised to see it on my porch when I got home from being gone all Sunday. I rushed it inside and opened it. There was a cool card with Santa fighting off ninjas. That's going in with the box of my wife's favorite Christmas cards. Also, there were three wrapped packages. I've never received wrapped packages, so that was a nice touch. There were nice notes explaining why each gift was chosen.

Package number one was a game called "Man Bites Dog". I had told my Santa that my wife and I like to play games with my family so they sent a family friendly game that we can play with the nieces and nephew.

Package number two was a big jar of BBQ sauce. It was good. Southern BBQ is a bit different than the KC style we get up here in Kansas, but that sauce is good. I had a spoonful of it to taste it. It is good. I'm hoping I can find it online so I don't have to drive down to Alabama to get more.

Package number three had three graphic novels in it. I love getting graphic novels in these exchanges. In the graphic novel exchange my Santa sent me three volumes of "Fables". I never would have bought those myself, so I told my Santa that they could surprise me with some graphic novels that they liked or that they thought I would like. These look really interesting and I'm sure that I'll be buying more from that series in the future.

All told, this was an excellent exchange. The person I sent gifts to was super grateful and my Santa was super generous and thoughtful. Reddit has impressed me again with people going out of their way to make someone's Christmas better. Thanks, ssbreeze, for making my Christmas awesome before I even make it to Christmas day.