So not long after matching begun, I received a little email from Santa asking for me to clarify some things I might like, since my likes/dislikes made it clear I was a crazy weirdo but did nOT make it clear what kinds of gifts I might appreciate. I'll share that exchange here since it made me really happy.

Weeks pass.

I notice my gift gets marked as shipped the day before the deadline- SO excited!! Imagining all the fun things it could be!

The tracking said it would arrive Monday but it actually arrived Saturday and I went downstairs and discovered it on Sunday (today). Imagine my surprise when there's not one but TWO boxes for me- could they both be from Santa?!?! I bounded back upstairs and tackled the small one first that was connected to the tracking number- a beautiful 3-tired salt cellar- perfection! Would have been happy just with this alone.

The other box was large and from Amazon. I of course hoped they were both from Santa, and wasn't expecting anything from Amazon- I open the box and find an entire Popcorn lovers dream set!! A cool old-timey whirley-pop stove-top popper, big-ass tub of kernels, even bigger-ass tub of coconut oil for popping, and some cool popcorn salt that according to the carton has movie-theater flavor!! I love popcorn SO MUCH and I cannot wait to give this cute contraption a go and test out my new cool salt. I can even keep this popcorn salt in one of the tiers of my new 3-tiered salt cellar!! Oh, Santa, you thought of everything.

THANK YOU SANTA FOR THE CHRISTMAS MAGIC!