Firstly, I want to mention that this was an international gift, my Santa is in the States and I am in Sweden. That's why I got my gifts now. My Santa didn't ship late and I'm not posting late, it's just a matter of long distances. I never doubted you, Santa!

My main gift was the book "Gödel, Escher, Bach" by Douglas Hofstadter. It is a most interesting (and, I hear, funny) book about, as I understand it (not having read it yet) the fabric of understanding and meaning. This book was recommended by a friend and has been on my to-read-list for some time, but I haven't gotten around to buying it yet. I'm not even kidding, that's actually true. So this was a spot on gift by Santa, congratulations to you for a perfect gift and congratulations to me for getting to read the book!

A funny side note is that I looked up a quote from this book just the other day, called Hofstadter's Law: "It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law." I'm working on my master's theses and can emphatically attest to the veracity of the law...

I also got this very beautiful cookbook! Since English is not my native tongue, I am not 100% sure what the theme ingredient is, but from the pictures I assume that it is some sort of whipped cream? Any way, I will totally try the recipes when I feel I have enough stamina to vigorously whip it!

Joking aside, my cooking books are on a shelve right below the... grown-up books, both in the pleasure department of my library. It's hard know what level to put this book in...

Thank you so much, Santa!