Update:

So fun! I've received all of the "final" haiku words and am lacking only one "draft" word. Both haiku worked in my sweet fur babies. Thanks for reading my profile, Santa!

The one word lacking on the draft haiku could certainly be assumed, based upon my love of /r/trees. Hysterical! I've loved this exchange. Thank you so much, Santa! New pics have been added. Check them out!

Original post:

What an incredibly thoughtful and fun exchange my Santa has made this into. I returned from vacation to find a very large box awaiting me. When I opened the box, I was greeted with a huge poster frame (marked up with numbers- please see pic) and a sweet letter. The letter explained that Santa wanted to have a little fun with me and that she would be sending me the words to two haiku over the next several weeks.

The instructions told me to take the number found on the postcard and place it in its corresponding slot on the poster frame. This was a super cool idea! It's made checking the mail fun for the past 3 weeks... and that's a feat.

I wanted to wait until I'd received all of the words before posting an official "thank you". Just so you all could see the literary efforts of my clever Santa, but I'm also a huge fan of the proper "thank you" and felt that delaying my gratitude would be in poor taste. Particularly so because Santa put so much effort into making this exchange fun and special for me.

SO... on that note, please follow my post! I'll continue to update as new words arrive. My Santa knocked it out of the park. Truly! What a creative, fun and thought-provoking way to go about sending a haiku to a total stranger. I've loved every minute of this exercise. Thank you!!!