I have to say that I was completely blown away by my gifts. I went in not expecting much, and what I ended up getting was more awesome than I could have imagined so wanted to give a big THANK YOU to my secret santa!! I hope your giftee was as good to you as you were to me!

That being said, on to the gifts. My Secret Santa is a US Soldier serving in Alaska, and I asked for something that represented wherever it was that my Secret Santa lives. The first thing I found was a kickass candle that looks exactly like an actual snowball... Neat! Then I pulled out some Blueberry and Cranberry tea from Alaska, something I will definitely be trying at work tomorrow. I also recieved some smoked salmon in a box with a really awesome looking design on it... Something I will be hiding from the relatives to enjoy after Christmas. OH and some blueberry syrup that looks absolutely delicious and has me wanting to make pancakes right now.

The next few gifts were more related to my love of aviation (which he picked up on by reading my posts --a realization I kind of cringed at! (: ) and were quite honestly my favourite part of the gift. Along with the letter included, It was clearly something that a lot of thought was put into. First, a diecast model of an Alaskan 737 (I actually used to collect these- ha!). Also, he included the crests of the Aviation Batallion that reside on his base, who's job it is to rescue people off mountains. Badass. When I thought I had emptied out the box I took one last look and found my last gift - and now probably the COOLEST thing I own - a set of aviation wings from the former USSR that my Secret Santa acquired in Germany. SERIOUSLY? How fucking cool is that?!

Secret Santa- I really appreciate the gifts and the letter, really more than I can easily explain. I hope that life treats you well, and that you find much happiness in the future! BE SAFE out there in Alaska and thanks again!! :)