My Santa went all out with the gifts for our classroom. My students will be absolutely thrilled with everything we've received. Absolutely everything will be put to great use immediately, and I can't wait to bring things into school.

My Santa gave us a floor mat that made me scratch my head at first. Then it hit me- my students are in the process of learning how to meditate, and some of them have a hard time with sitting at their desks and putting their heads down (at the moment, it's just them resting for 15-20 minutes daily). How fitting is this for my students who may prefer to lay down to rest? It's just going to work--perfectly.

We received 5 5-subject notebooks that I'll be giving to a few of my students who have not yet been able to obtain them. We also received 5 reams of loose filler paper. We use loose filler paper to complete and submit homework assignments, but many of my students' families struggle to make ends meet and school supplies sometimes aren't the first priority. The paper will be such a huge lifesaver to many of my students.

The dry erase markers (students use to write on their small whiteboards), pencils and erasers are tools we use on a daily basis. The hand sanitizers are going up on my counter tomorrow, because let's be real - germs everywhere!

My Santa put a last, great touch into our gift by gifting me a bottle of Noodler's Antietam fountain pen ink. I prefer to write with fountain pens, and use this specific red ink (not too bright red - more on the dark red/maroon side) for grading/correcting work (I teach math) and commenting on student work. Every thing we received will be put to great use immediately.

I could not be more grateful and humbled by my Santa's generosity. Thank you so much, Abigail!!!