I've been travelling on business most of this week, but noticed before I left that my SS had shipped my gift. I asked my girlfriend to keep an eye out for it, and sure enough whilst I was at the other end of the country, a box arrived for me.

Last night, tired after travelling I got home and the excitement of my gift helped me overcome the weariness, and so it was at around 1am this morning, that I got to open this wonderful little box of surprises.

The first thing I noticed was the reddit alien on everything. Nice! Then I noticed the card. Opening it I found a little message: "p7r, I make no apologies for the glitter. However I do apologise for my handwriting, of which I hope you can read. [Printed: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.] I have gotten you 3 gifts, 1 because I saw you wanted it, and everyone must own a copy. 2, I decided that every true "gentleman" Redditor must possess this item. And 3, was a bit random but you said you liked music. Hope you enjoy, your SS".

I was expecting like a mug or something, so this was definitely considerably more than I had hoped for! Awesome. So, to the unwrapping. Each package was labelled with an appropriate reddit: /r/movies, /r/music and /r/gentleman. The last was also labelled "[NSFW] Slightly". It was long, and thin, and had some weight to it. :-| Oook. That, we'll leave until last.

First, /r/movies: I got a copy of The Muppet's Christmas Carol! My girlfriend told me she had never seen this film in her life a few weeks ago and so I was making much noise on Twitter and Facebook about this oversight. Good stalking SS! One slight problem though: the day my SS shipped it to me, I had obtained a copy! Oh noes! However I realised this was actually a blessing, as I now got to give the gift of Muppet Christmas Carol joy to somebody else! Woo!

So, SS, I messed up and went out and bought something you and the Universe conspired to get me. Do not worry though, it will either go out as a rematch, or I can think of a couple of Scrooges whose hearts will melt on reception of this gift. And I won't be cheap about it: I'll tell them how it ended up in my hands and how it came to be in theirs, which should make it extra special!

Next up, I decided to go for the /r/music present. I have a very wide taste in music, with the only genres I'm not so keen on being modern r'n'b, hip hop, rap and heavy metal. Mozart to Motown, Abba to Art & Garfunkel, techno to biddly-bop jazz, I'm there. I was really chuffed to find I had got a 4-disc CD compilation called "Simply Classical Chillout". It has a total of 47 pieces on it, including a few of my favourite classical pieces (Bach, Vivaldi, Sibelius) and a few I'm not familiar with (Vieuxtemps, Bonporti, Janacek) that I'm looking forward to discovering. I am so, so pleased with this, thank you SS! You're all amazeballs! Speaking of which...

So there's this long, thin, heavy package, labelled /r/gentleman and [NSFW]. It's 1.30am, I'm tired and my girlfriend is looking at me with a mischievous smile. It's time to see what rudeness lies within... I open it up and am confronted with a long white cardboard sleeve over a silver box. The silver box slides out, and on it is emblazoned in a masculine font: "For the busy male executive". I'm a busy male, and I'm a company director, so top marks for appropriate thinking there SS. What might lie within... Oh my! It's a Gentleman's Ballscratcher!

I immediately thought of Peter Griffin's infamous "Butt Scratcher" job, slightly modified, and was laughing so much my photo got blurry! :-) Awesomeness. I have now put it to use as my perfectly SFW photos (I think) can verify.

Really, really pleased with this SS. I messed up and got myself something you also got me, but that's cool because I now have the gift of giving Muppets to somebody else! Next there's the music which I'm going to love listening to this week and weekend as I chill out from a busy work week. And of course there is the awesome ball scratching equipment which shall now live on my desk ready for those moments when I need to save some time and I need to... well, you know...

Thanks SS! You've done an awesome job, and I love my gifts. I hope your SS gave you a gazillion unicorn rainbow rides in return. :-)