So here's the history: my Secret Santa sent me a very nice rhyme to tell me that I would be receiving a series of packages. After I received the first one, I sent back a rhyme asking if it would be OK if I waited until Christmas Day to open my gifts, and my SS replied (once again, in rhyme) that it would be fine and would leave that up to me. I broke down (I lasted one whole day!) and opened the first one today:

I know I said I would but wait ‘Til Christmas day, but I’ll be straight: When Package Two arrived today, I found my resolve melt away.

I opened only the first one And it was really so much fun! Dear Santa, really I must say: You’ve stalked me in the nicest way.

A Timbers Shirt! Oh joy! Oh joy! They really are my favourite boys, My football team, I’ll always be found chanting, “R.C.T.I.D.”

So thank you Santa, for Package One and Package Two will have its run; I’m savouring this, I’ll open the next and when I do, I’ll send more text!

(I haven't opened Package Two yet...and in a personal note in the first one, my Secret Santa says there are a total of five. So I'll be updating this post as I open them!)

Update!

This morning I was feeling low “Wake up?” my body said, “no, no!” I dragged myself out of my bed and tried to clear my foggy head.

I staggered about in morning haze when a box from Amazon took my gaze I decided it would be just the thing out of my funky mood to bring.

This time my Secret Santa had chosen a different theme, so rad! My love of knitting, and crochet were what inspired her that day.

A jar to hold the yarn and keep it from tangling up, has made me weep. It is the very kind of thing, that I need most! It makes me sing!

Some balls of roving I have found (I know they are balls, for they are round) are also there, and I will use them in my projects when I choose!

Again my Santa, you are fine, These gifts you’ve chosen are now mine. With Secret Santa, you have met a happy stranger on the ‘net.

__ Update 12/24/13

I'm too excited to write in verse today! This morning I came out to find a package on the table that my husband had found on the porch when he came home. This one was a skinny, flat one, from Amazon with my username on it. Opening it revealed a knitting row counter, which is just the kind of thing I was hoping to receive this Christmas. Thank you so much, Santa! I really wanted and needed one of these!

__ Update 1/1/14

Happy New Year! Today the final box was found in our mailbox. We haven't checked the mail in a few days, and today is a holiday, so I don't know exactly when it arrived. It's an adorable little crocheted chicken that came all the way from the U.K.! So adorable! Thanks again, Santa; You've made this holiday an unforgettable one!