I signed my 7 year old son up for this exchange because he is very much into fantasy things (Star Wars, LOTR, Hobbit, Harry Potter, etc.), and has been really wanting a "real" wizard wand (ie, not pipecleaners twisted together). Well, midgetpepper came, sprinkled some fairy dust, and BAM! BEST GIFT EVER!

It turns out that my Magical Santa has an 8 year old boy, who helped pick everything out. I'm not sure I've ever heard so many "No way"'s, "Awesome!"'s, and "Wow"'s together in one moment before. Tell mini-midgetpepper that he did an EXCELLENT job!

To start, my son and I both had letters. His was from mini-midgetpepper, and he was almost too excited to read it all. Mine was from the one and only midgetpepper. I'm going to be honest here for a minute: I'm not a crier. I may tear up, I may sniffle, but I rarely cry. Well, this letter...I bawled. Without going into specifics, I just can't imagine being in your situation, and being as generous and optimistic as you obviously are. Sometimes Reddit Gifts brings more than a material object or two, they bring a new perspective. Thank you for giving one to me.

Ok, mush is over. Onto the good stuff, right? To start, an AWESOME Skylanders shirt. This is the kiddo's latest obsession; all allowance money has been saved and spent on Skylanders for the past 6 months. But does it stop there? Oh no. Also included is a Clone Trooper Figurine (Me: "Oooo a Star Wars doll!" Him: "Mom. It. Is. NOT. A doll. It is an OFFICIAL Clone Trooper." Oopsie-daisy!), and an AWESOME Lego set (Gandolf is like, the coolest, and we were one of the first in line for The Hobbit). And then, what, another letter? Kiddo started reading then stopped mid way through, putting his hands over his mouth in excitement. This isn't just a letter, it's an official Hogwart's Letter! And next to that, could it be?! A real Marauder's Map?! "NO WAY!" But wait...what's that wrapped in the Hogwart's Letter, there? At this point, my son no longer sounded like a human. Squeals and shrieks could be heard throughout the neighborhood, I'm sure. A real, honest-to-goodness wand, just for him. HIS wand. And according to my note from earlier, this was made by none other than the Wizardess herself, midgetpepper. That makes that wand 100x more special.

All in all, midgetpepper, you are truly one of a kind. You (and mini-midgetpepper) have gone above and beyond what was expected and anticipated, and have made a 7 year old's day that much brighter.

Thank you times a million! And also, don't you dare apologize for the length of time it took for us to get this gift (which, honestly, was not that long, anyway). This was worth the wait and then some.