Once upon a time, on a hot, humid day in June, a kopiikat was chatting with her friends from /r/DJs (#r_djs on Freenode, check it!), when one of them mentioned that Arbitrary Day matching had started. "What is Arbitrary Day?" she wondered. "What is RedditGifts?"

And, so it began.

My original Santa retrieved my information a few days after matching... and then never again. No messages, nothing. After waiting a few weeks for some sign of life, I gave up hope and signed up for rematching, wanting to make Arbitrary day special for another poor, forgotten giftee.

Not long after I shipped my own rematch package, I received a message. "You have been rematched!" And, then... "Hello, this is your backup Santa. You are not forgotten."

"You are not forgotten"? How delightfully dramatic.

Within hours, I had received another message. My gifts had been shipped? My gifts had been shipped OVERNIGHT? It took me weeks to get crap in order for my giftees, and my Santa sent me something in a few hours? To be honest, I had my doubts. "I guess he didn't stalk me very hard," I thought. Still, his message DID contain the word "awesomenisity," and someone who uses the word "awesomenisity" couldn't possibly be anything but super awesome at choosing gifts.

So, I waited with bated breath... but not for very long. He overnighted the shit, for fuck's sake.

When I got home today, there was a large package waiting for me at the door. I put off opening it, though, as I was having dinner with family. Finally, late in the evening, I was able to sit down and do some unboxing.

At this point, you might as well just look at the photos to see my thought process. But, here's basically how it went...

"Oh, awesome, there are lots of books in here. I've needed a new book to read. Is this whole box really full of books? Oh, no, there's something else at the botto-HOLY FUCK IS THAT A MASCHINE MIKRO!? ARE YOU FUCKING SHITTING ME!? ASLKFJALKSJDFLJSLKAJSLKDF~"

For those of you who aren't familiar with electronic music production and DJing, a Maschine Mikro costs AT LEAST $250, and the MSRP is FAR higher still. Fed Ex overnighting three books and a Maschine Mikro would cost WELL OVER $300. (Check out this fucking thing: http://www.native-instruments.com/#/en/products/producer/maschine-mikro/)

THREE HUNDRED... FUCKING...

I really have no idea how my Santa managed to choose something so... perfect. I keep checking to see if it was somehow on my Amazon Wishlist without me noticing. Having listed "DJing, music production, and electronic music" as my main interests in my profile, I was expecting, AT MOST, a book on DJing, a t-shirt, or a few records. I honestly figured that my match would skip that whole section and focus on the fact that I like tea or something.

But, Maschine Mikro? That's just... shockingly on point. And, even his books choices seem fantastic. I'm excited to start reading them... but there's a shiny Maschine, and... I can't just... leave it and... go read...

Mr. Santa, you are a glorious and amazing human being. I know that rematch Santas like to spoil forgotten giftees, but you went far, far beyond the call of duty. I would have been happy just getting the books. Hell, I would have been happy to just get one book and a Hallmark card.

I never in a million years would have expected such a thoughtful (AND FUCKING EXPENSIVE OH MY GOD) gift. I thank you from the bottom of my heart, and I hope your Santa was equally as generous with you. You deserve all the karma, my friend. These beats are for you.

Please share your Reddit name so that people may tag how awesome you are in RES.

(Sorry for the thesis.)

EDIT: And, apparently, this thing comes with a $30 voucher towards any Native Instruments Komplete instrument or Maschine expansion! Unbelievable!