In the 20+ gift exchanges I have completed, I have never been matched with someone who lives in the same town as me. That all changed with this condiment gift exchange.

I told my Condiment Santa that I like sweet and spicy, and would love to try something local from wherever he/she is from. He sent me a message to let me know that he lives about 10 minutes from me and wanted to get me something different. 10 minutes! I'm always saying that I want to grab a beer with my santas, and this seemed like an excellent opportunity!

Yesterday, we met up for a beer at a local bar. It was a terrific time filled with good conversation and good beer. Condiment Santa told me there is a hot sauce store in my town where he picked up Marie Sharp's Exotic Hot Sauce. He said it's a good combination of sweet and spicy. I looked at the ingredients, and I could pronounce all the words. No crazy 13 letter words in this hot sauce! I'm excited to try this sauce out on some smoked turkey. Yum!!

Thank you, Condiment Santa, for a wonderful night out and some wonderful hot sauce! (I never got your Reddit username...)