A little background- I just got out of the hospital (I was admitted all last week), just started attending classes again, and honestly feel terrible. Then I got my Secret Santa package and my day was a thousand times better. The package has a dinosaur drawn on it, which just made me happier. When I opened the box, I immediately saw tea, which made me flip out because I'm all about some tea. My Secret Santa included a letter, which reads as follows:

Beware, I tend to ramble. Dear claireashley31, I hope this package reaches you well and intact. Please forgive my pen, I could not find a ballpoint so I was forced to use a quill pen I received last Christmas. Going into this Secret Santa program I was apprehensive because I am bad at picking out gifts for people I know. But when I saw that you enjoy tea I knew exactly what I wanted to do. So here is the story behind the tea in the package. When I was a little boy we would go and visit my great-grandmother, we called her Grandma Birda. When I was six she was 94. Anyways, she was a missionary in China when she was younger and had spent most of her life in China. When she returned to the States she continued her practice of 4 o'clock tea time every day. Well this is the tea that she would serve every day. My Grandma Birda was an amazing woman, kind, sweet, and caring. If it were not for her I could never have been able to afford my braces when I was younger, and now that she is gone all I have left are the practices she kept with her afternoon teas. So I am passing a tradition along to you. I hope you enjoy the tea claireashley31. And if you feel like it you are free to write me back. Yours Truly, (Secret Santa) P.S. The chopsticks are because when I was picking up the tea I remembered you like purple and I think everyone should own a pair of chopsticks.

Dude. Secret Santa. You made my day. i studied Chinese for seven years, and I've been to China, and I loved it. This could not be more perfect. You are the best, you'll definitely be getting a letter back from me.