A little background - I'm in Yorkshire, UK and my Santa's in Vermont, USA. My present was in an airmailed USPS priority envelope (bit light, I wonder what it could be?) and contains two letter envelopes so far - one marked "open now" and another "open later", when the instructions in the first are complete. What the what? Awesome!

The instructions in the first letter are as follows (holy typing, Batman); I will of course endeavour to update when I know more!

THE DIRECTIONS (Part I)

Before you open the second envelope (aka The Other Stuff) you must first email me, x@x, and specify an hour during which you will be available to carry out the second phase of these directions. I will confirm receipt of your email, and then exactly fifteen minutes before the designated hour begins I will email you the address at which you may open the second envelope, along with instructions on what to do when you get there. (Unless it ends up being 3am in the morning my time - I'm a dedicated Secret Santa, but not crazy - in which case I'll email phase II before I go to bed.)

Please choose an hour that other members of the population are awake and likely available to conduct business. (Around lunch or dinner would probably be ideal.) Also, please try to pick an house at least 36 hours after you are sending the email, as my transatlantic garden gnomes will need some advanced notice to prepare for your arrival. Note: I will be sending you to a loaction that is within walking distance of the mailing address at which you received this package, so you shouldn't have the plan much travel time.

No cheating!

Your (now not-so-)secret santa

WHOA! An international puppetmaster organising events around me? This is intriguing to say the least!