Oh, I am sooooo excited to share with you the incredible gift I received this year. I got paired with an incredibly generous and very sweet Santa.

My first gift arrived earlier - containing a beautiful, and adorable, golden retriever ornament. He is so sweet - and is a great gift for me as I (and my Husband) love dogs, golden retrievers specifically - but due to allergies, we can't have one. I spend a lot of my reddit time browsing r/goldenretrievers, and so my SS wanted to give me an allergy-free golden of my very own! So very thoughtful! He has a spot of honour on my Christmas tree now!

Attached to this gift was a note stating that this was one of two presents. Intrigue! I waited as patiently as I could (we all here know how hard that can be!) and finally, this morning, my doorbell rang - and there, on my front porch, was a giant box!

Squealing with glee, I tore open the box... And inside was a gift basket... That smelled oh so good. Off came the ribbon, the cellophane... And once inside, I found a card with golden retriever puppies on it - featuring a hand written note with Christmas greetings! As it turns out, we are both tea drinkers - so my Santa knew exactly what to get. Three containers of delicious Christmas teas from David's tea (all carefully chosen to be free of my other silly allergy, chamomile). The kettle now boils to give them a try! Apple Cider, hot chocolate, and fireside mocha teas are all now tantalizing me with their alluring smells.

But my thoughtful Santa did not stop there! Oh no! They gave me a perfect spoon, which any David's tea fan will know is the quintessential tea-measuring spoon to get the absolute best cup of tea - and it came in a gorgeous shiny green that I am just so excited about (so nice I could hang it on my tree)! And as it is loose-leaf tea, I got a pack of tea sachet filters in a festive box.

Is that enough?? Oh, of course not, thinks my generous Santa. You can't have tea without a tea mug! So inside is a beautiful mug in blue stripes with the all-true statement of " a cup of tea solves everything", which in my family, can be very, very true. I love this mug and look forward to using it! It's a great size for a big cup of tea!

And last but certainly not least, a good cup of tea should be accompanied by... Well, by a good book. Unsure of which books I have by Brandon Sanderson, my favourite author, my Santa enclosed a gift card to go pick up a missing book from my collection (Which is either going to be Bands of Mourning, Skyward, or White Sand, depending on what my husband is getting me for Christmas).

I am so delighted to have received this gift. My Santa was sooo generous and thoughtful, and gave me so many nice things to make my Christmas season absolutely amazing. Thank you so much, my awesome Santa!