Alright guys. This was my first time to do a gift exchange using redditgifts. I would like to point out that my previous attempts at secret santa were limited to lame elementary school exchanges where my secret santa forgot about me and I ended up sad.

Needless to say my expectations were low.

So when I got a bigass box in the mail that said "To: camjam80" my interest was OFFICIALLY PIQUED.

I opened the big box and was surprised to find a not quite as big box with cool rage faces and writing all over it! Seriously, estherium wrote a !@#$ing novel on that thing. (It was a very sweet, thoughtful and touching note that made the box super cool! In fact I still have it because it makes me so happy.) After the face-melting awesomeness induced by the box, I was ready to see what surprises awaited me inside. So I just dived right on in.

Each gift came with a nice little note! The full text can be found in the description of each photo.

I'll start with the noms. Estherium clearly thinks I'm too skinny. Part of her mission was to fatten me up for the holidays I believe. I got some Betty Crocker peanut butter cookie mix, candy canes, some assorted Pepperidge Farm holiday cookies, 50 (that's right, FIFTY) delicious Ghirardelli chocolate squares, and a package of TimTams - my favorite Australian biscuit! In fact, I'm chowing down on sugary goodness as I write this.

I also got an adorable stuffed whale. Seriously, this thing has a cute factor of over 9,000. It's my new bedtime buddy - I no longer feel forever alone! What's even more impressive is that she made it herself! The craftsmanship is impeccable. It is a true work of art!

Next came a really cool mix CD highlighting some of estherium's favorite tracks. It turns out, we have similar taste in music...I'm especially excited that she's a fellow dragon fighter! (I Fight Dragons) I'll give a full track list in the photo captions.

I would have been satisfied for much less...but there's more!

Estherium did a good job on her research. She found out I loooooove horror movies - especially if they involve zombies. She did an excellent job of wrapping up two cool zombie themed games. The first one I opened was "Zombie Dice"...it looks kind of like Yhatzee / Pirate Dice, but with brains! The second is a board game called "Zombies", an exciting race to escape the zombie apocalypse for 2 to 6 players ages 12 and up! I don't really know a whole lot about the games yet; I'm waiting until I get back to college in January to crack them open with some of my buddies!

All in all, I could not be more thrilled with the gifts I received and the thought that was put into them. From the bottom of my heart estherium, THANK YOU SO MUCH. The amount of effort you put into the packaging and choice of gifts made this the best Christmas present I've ever received. For the first time since I was a little boy, I was truly excited about unwrapping my gifts! Merry Christmas estherium, and thanks again!

P.S. - If you're ever down in Texas give me a holler. I'll take you out for a night on the town! ;)