Sooo, to quote the great Scary Terry, "Awww Bitch, I don't know what to say."

I have to thank my Secret Santas sooooo much for all of the effort they went through to put together my gift for this years exchange. First was the immediate contact by my Santa to let me know they had retreived my info, already started thinking deeply about my gift, and that him and his GF were super excited to put in all their effort into the exchange. He also let me know that the gift may arrive later b/c some of the components were hand made. Well, that was quite the understatement.

The tracking info let me know my gift was delivered on Christmas Eve about 2 hours after I had left my house to drive to NY to visit my parents. Knowing there was an amazing gift just waiting on my doorstep was killing me while back home for a few days but I live out in the woods away from prying eyes and sticky fingers so I knew it would at least be safe until I got home.

First thing I did when I got home was to get to this bad boy to open. Screw unpacking the car, I can see my Secret Santa gift on the porch.

On top was a 4 page handwritten note describing what gifts to open in what order, with a description of each gift and the warm wishes of my Secret Santas. This was also after receiving a Christmas Card from them with all of their fur babies posed for the camera. One big happy family!

My Secret Santa was a car guy and an outdoorsman just like me and wrote basically a whole page just being a bro and making me wish I lived closer so we could go out for beers!

On to the gifts!

First gift was a mason jar filled with some homemade apple pie moonshine! I'm a big fan of that sweet corn liquor and I can't wait to dive into that tonight!

Second gift came in three pieces. Homemade soap!!! I don't think I put this anywhere in my profile or had any history about it in my comments but I LOVE HOMEMADE SOAPS. The only soaps I use when I shower are homemade soaps from the farmers market or Dr. Bronners Castille Bar soap! It's just amazing stuff and I can't wait to rub this stuff all over me!

The three bars were 1. Unscented which is amazing and I totally agree with my Santa, sometimes you just don't want to be scented, just a nice clean feeling. The rest were specifically given to my wife, but I may have to steal a bar for a wash or two. 2. Lemon scented soap which is my 2nd favorite soap scent, right after my tied favorites which are Almond oil and Peppermint oil. 3. An Exfoliating Pumpkin Spice scented bar. THIS THING SMELLS AMAZING! I think I just turned into a Basic Bitch and want to consume the pumpkin spice scented bar.

I love soaps, so thank you Santas I can't wait to use them and I might have just been inspired to start making my own.

The third gift was an awesome HexFlex multi tool which I already know where I'm keeping it. This thing has screwdrivers, hex drivers, bottle opener and can drive multiple sizes of hex nuts/bolts. This will be what I keep in my snowboard bag for quick repairs/adjustments on the mountain. I can't wait for something to break/loosen so I can use it. IDK if that's something I should be so excited for but I know I now have a tool that will help me fix it!

The fourth and last gift was a custom commissioned piece (lol) by a family member of my Secret Santa's. This is probably my favorite gift which means it is amazing b/c I love soap a lot. A painting of Rick Sanchez from the show Rick and Morty. It is exceptionally well done and I can't wait to put it up in my computer room. I'm thinking right next to my Diploma on the wall makes sense, IDK why, but it feels right. The only thing that makes me sad about this gift is it made me remember how long I have to wait until the third season. So thank you Secret Santa for making today incredible and then ruining it with my lack of new Rick and Morty episodes!!! JK I'm not upset.

I want to thank my Secret Santa's for all of their effort. The homemade gifts are amazing and definitely worth more to me than just clicking "place order" on Amazon. I'm sorry to hear you had some friends that couldn't see the effort you guys put into your gifts and were unappreciative b/c they didn't have monetary value. In bird culture, that is considered a dick move.

I hope you two got everything you wanted for Christmas this year, I was certainly giddy while opening these and I hope you keep up your crafting of awesome gifts!

Last but not least, in typical reddit fashion. Piper and Penelope.