I received an amazing gift which made me very happy! It's a 3 Disc DVD set of the Australian series "Rake". To be completely honest, I had not heard of the series at all and my first reaction when I opened it was "what the hell is this?", but in a rather intrigued way. A dude with a court wig is shown on the cover, so I figured it had something to do with law. At first I thought it was a judge, but it turns out that in Australia, some "barristers" (or attorneys) can use that wig, but I read it's optional. I sure as hell would wear it at work if I could.

My Secret Santa certainly paid attention to detail. I wrote in my description that I'm an attorney and that any gift regarding law would be fine. I really really really like the fact that it's something I didn't even know existed. Hell, you could say that my Secret Santa is making sure I'm up to date with media and stuff, because I read that the "Rake" series is being now remade in the USA, sort of like what they did with "The Office", but starring Greg Kinnear. I'm certainly looking forward to it. Oh, by the way, Hugo Weaving appears in the series, so that was also a nice surprise, because I really enjoy watching his movies, and I loved The Matrix. My Secret Santa also told me that his wife appears on the background in one of the episodes, but I've no idea who she might be.

I would say I do have one complaint about my gift. I liked it so much, my Secret Santa has inadvertently forced me to buy the rest of the series hehe. It's an ongoing series and I read on wikipedia that they're currently producing the next season. I've already identified where to watch them, since I live in Puerto Rico and I certainly don't get Australian TV here. Seriously, this is an amazing gift. I know it's a TV series and not reality, but it's also nice to have a slight inkling of how courts of law at least look like in the Australian judicial system.

In summation, I'm really please with my gift and my Secret Santa made my Christmas a very happy holiday :)