**NOTE TO REDDIT GIFTS STAFF -- Johnnytellez84 definitely deserves EVERY SINGLE SECRET SANTA AWARD YOU POSSIBLY HAVE! Please give him all of them!! And then some!! Okay, now that I got that out of the way.

So this story cannot be told without being told from the beginning, so lets start from there. Get settled why don't you.....

A few weeks ago, when the 100th Exchange Extravaganza began, I received a message almost immediately from my secret santa. They were so excited about my gifts! Be patient they said, they were coming and I would get them soon.

This week I received another email informing me to expect my package this week and that would "know it was mine when I saw it."

Boy did I ever.

I got home from a very exhausting and stressful day today to find a very beautifully decorated package in my mailbox. It was decorated with all things close to my heart. Lord of the Rings, Star Trek, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Battlestar Galactica, and Enders Game. I proudly walked back to my apartment flashing the box to everyone I passed. I am a geek, I am proud of it, and I am so happy my santa didn't mind either!

So I got home and carefully took pictures before I opened it. When I first looked inside, I was surprised to find a beautifully written letter! Who gets letters anymore? Oh yeah, emails emails emails, but this was a treat!

"Happy 100th Exchange Getclaireified!!!!

I have been a bit on the fence about the 100th exchange, as I had no clue what I would do for this. In time I figured that I would put together a gift that represented my giftee "100" percent. Lucky me, I got getclaireified, who had a ton of info to go on, plus it didn't hurt that I shared a few nerdy interests. SO after a good bit of reddit history studying, online shopping, some fun store visits, plenty of wrapping and quoting, I believe I have put together a package that is 100% getclaireified. I'll admit there were a couple of subjects I didn't know much about, but I think I did alright thanks to the internet. In all, I really hope you enjoy your gifts as much as I enjoyed picking them out.

Enjoy, Johnnytellez84

PS: Should you decide to take over the world with aid of your robot minion army, please remember my kindness and save me a favorable position."

Boy was that an awesome note! But I was surprised. Minion robot army? What was this that he was referring to??? So I investigated by opening the box and lo and behold!!

--- I should likely clarify at this point, as the only person who would get this would be my gifter. So RedditGifts asked us the question "If you could have 100 of anything.." This was a tricky question, so I decided to go with a little improv and the first thing that popped into my head was robots...

So my gifter spared no expense. There was INDEED 100 glorious tiny robots inside of my box. AHH!! I must confess I don't know quite what to do with all of them yet.

But there was more! My gifter wrapped each of my presents individually with a special note with a quote attached. Little did he know, I love quotes. SO MUCH. So this was a treat!

There was some real surprises in store too. I received my very own Tyrion bobble head toy. I had seen these guys popping up all over the interwebs as of late, being a ginormous GoT fan. Of course, the wise decision would have probably been to keep him in the box as a collectible item, but I am really a child in a grown woman's body, so that was out in a matter of seconds...

I received Lego Star Trek action figures, which now are fighting one another on my desktop as we speak (with a smiling Captain Kirk button in between) A Doctor Who collectible figurine of a Cyberman, a Super Nintendo controller mint box, Dungeons and Dragons dice (which are sooooooo shiny and wonderful), a BEAUTIFUL leather Hobbit journal (which will likely be a coffee top decoration, it is so gorgeous), a blow up jedi lightsaber (which I have already been playing with....), and some nifty hiking/camping equipment like a titanium fork/spoon/knife combo and a flashlight/whistle.

There are a couple things I wanted to mention that I also received. Everything was absolutely thoughtful in its own unique way. However, Johnnytellez84 decided to go out of his way and put some extra super-secret investigating into my gift.

First, I got a postcard from San Francisco. This was really special to me because my husband who I have been with for 10 years now and I just got married in San Francisco in January. I forgot that I had even said anything on Reddit about it. :) Sneaky Santa! Anyway, the long weekend we were there flew by so fast that I didn't even pick up any real souvenirs or anything. So what a treat it was to get a very beautiful postcard. This will definitely be framed! Thank you so much!

Another thing my secret santa noticed was that I was an Audiology student! :) I got some of the coolest conversation starters I could possibly imagine. A set of erasers that were in shapes of parts of the human ear, and a ear key ring made out of silicon (it was actually almost the same size as my own ear, yes I had to measure..I'm weird). THANK YOU! That was so cool!!

Lets see, another thing I got that was unexpected was a Paleo cookbook! I am an avid paleo lifestyler, very health conscious. I have been following Paleo for 3 years and its amazing and I have loved every minute of it. But the cool part was, somehow my secret santa had telepathic powers with me and knew I had been eyeballing this PARTICULAR cookbook for months. I hope he knows how close I was to getting a kindle copy just maybe 2 or 3 weeks ago!! So awesome! Thank you thank you!

My secret santa, again sparing no expense, also figured out that I am living in Utah and am originally from Kentucky (and also somehow knew the Bill Monroe song "Blue Moon of Kentucky", which was cool). So I received cookie cutters in the shapes of Utah and Kentucky. I didn't even know they MADE those!! So cool!

Last, but certainly not least, was probably one of my favorite gifts. This is another gift that will be framed ASAP.

Anyone that knows me, knows that my probably absolutely most all-time favorite book ever is Dune by Frank Herbert. I mean seriously, I have read the whole series, the sons books, everything, dozens and dozens and dozens of times over. So the last gift in my box at the very bottom was carefully put in a long envelope that said "OPEN ME!" at the top. :) So I figured, okay probably better open this. Not to mention it also had a quote... "The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience." A FRANK HERBERT QUOTE!! ....So.. what did I find inside but a beautiful print of my ALL-TIME FAVORITE QUOTE OF ALL TIME! Those who love Dune can probably recite it with me! My print only came with the first two lines "I must not fear. Fear is the mindkiller."

Just in case you were wondering.. the whole quote is "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”

Yeah.

What a ride that was.

Johnnytellez84, I sincerely hope from the bottom of my heart that someone redditgifts you in such a way that you just did for me. That was an incredible present. Everything about it was great and it made for a fun experience. Please, let us continue to be reddit buds, you are a cool guy!

PS: I have attached photos of absolutely everything that I received today, including all of the quotes. I also attached a personal thank you note I wrote to Johnnytellez84, which cannot even begin to express my gratitude for such a tremendous gift.

THANK YOU!

TL;DR: I have had the best Redditgifts experience ever and owe it all to the amazing gifter Johnnytellez84!!!!