So my Santa surprised me with the most amazing little collection of hot sauces! I mentioned in my likes & dislikes that I enjoy cooking, but I don't think I mentioned exactly how much I love... tacos, for example. I LOVE TACOS. I love chili. I love spice, I love heat, I love hot sauce. I love GOOD hot sauce, not your typical hot sauces. Interesting hot sauces, with actual flavor and not just heat.

And by some crazy stroke of luck, I was matched with a Santa who makes their own small-batch hot sauces. And, of course, I opened them all up right away to taste them. The smoked pepper sauces in the three larger bottles are divine. The smaller bottles are more traditional fermented hot sauces, and I really love the mushroom-based Paulmanniversary. My favorite of them all is the Strawbandido Lightning and I immediately made a salad with it.

He also included a letter to me, explaining about the hot sauces, and also talking a little bit about his past "joys" of living near my location (The Icy North). It's a very personalized letter!

This Redditor is going to have a very spicy Christmas. THANK YOU SO MUCH.