The joke was certainly on us! I signed up for this exchange on behalf of myself and my family. We certainly didn't expect the roller coaster ride we got!! Shortly after matches were ready I received a message from my SS. My SS seem to have great difficulty understanding what kinds of things we weren't really fond of because the message stated that she would try to find all our disliked items for us. My SS proceeded to ask us some weird questions like..whether we liked our animals alive or not, what ripeness of bananas do we prefer, if we wanted an octopus drawing, what kind of pickled foods we liked and also if we liked cats. I tried to relay our dislikes again in my message back and answered the questions the best I could. I did asked for clarification about the dead/live animals question though and the response I got back scared me a little. Geez I was so scared we would receive live grasshoppers like my SS wrote about! Also, I clearly stated we weren't fond of cats. So my SS decided to sign me up for "Cat Facts"..then the facts started rolling in. At this point I was feeling very unsettled and decided I'd talk to my coworker in the morning about all of this craziness. My coworker is the only other person I know of who does the exchanges and I figured she'd give some guidance on how to handle this situation. I anxiously waited for her to get to work and when she did I asked if she got her exchange info she said she just got it that morning. My heart sank..I had the tiniest hope that maybe by some slim chance she had my name. I quickly relayed to her about all the crazy questions and the fear that we were going to receive some kind of live animal, well imagine my complete shock when she sat there and laughed at me! Then she surprised me with the biggest surprise ever....SHE WAS MY SECRET SANTA!!!!! Man I never felt so much relief!! I was laughing and crying all at the same time! Out of over 7000 people doing this exchange she had my name!! No grasshoppers coming my way! lol. She got us good!! To top it off she already had our gift ready for us. A HUGE bag of snacks...it was a buffet of deliciousness! She went out of her way to get us many of our favourites and some new treats for us to try. She was VERY generous! We will be snacking for a long time! My family is very thankful for her kind heart and of course her humour.

Thanks again for your generosity and for a great story that we'll be able to share with others! Best Reddit Exchange Ever!!