My Secret Santa, from Barcelona, Spain was amazing! I live in Woodstock, GA, USA, and am, unfortunately, unable to "travel the world" the way I would love to. So, in my wish list I told of mine and my wife's love of learning about new places and cultures, and trying new foods. I also wrote that I love to collect coins from all over the world, nothing fancy, just pocket change.

Well....Secret Santa picked up on these three things, and sent me a trio of marvels.

My first gift, a Caganer! ROFLMAO!!!! Reading up on this character from Spanish lore...wow! Definitely gonna try to sneak this little fellow into my Mother's nativity scene this Christmas and see if she notices. hehehe

My second gift is a confection like nothing I've ever tasted before. It's most similar, I guess, to an almondine white fudge, or praline, made from almonds, honey, glucose syrup, sugar, egg whites, and potato starched water called "wafer". It is very tasty, but hard to describe, sweet nutty and lighter than fudge.

My third gift was a 25 Centimos piece from 1937!! A wonderful coin that I've had a blast looking up the history on and learning about. It's also the first coin I've collected with a hole in the center. :-)

Thank you Secret Santa! This was my first Secret Santa, and it was a blast from the giving to the receiving. I hope everyone has the same awesome experience I have.