So this year was my first ever Reddit Secret Santa (As I'm sure it was many people's), and so in the run up to Christmas I stalked my giftee, searched back in their history and dug them out a present I hoped they'd appreciate!

In the mean time, I didn't hear much from my Gifter. I put it down to luck of the draw and carried on regardless. The deadline came and went and I'd still had no word so I figured maybe I'd do better next time, and moved on to buying my family's presents.

Then, after a little while I got a message to say I had been rematched. Amazing! My rematched Gifter was incredibly interactive and we got a bit of a convo going about what I'm into, as occasional comments popped up on my submissions and the like. How exciting.

Then it all got a bit confusing - we were still talking about what I was into when I got a message saying my gift had shipped, accompanied by a message from my original gifter. Worried, and not wanting to be greedy, I instantly messaged my rematched giftee to explain that I wasn't really sure what was going on, but I think my original Santa had sent me something.

Expecting that to be the end of it, and slightly disappointed because of how enthusiastic Santa the Second was, I figured it was for the best. However, clearly it wasn't. Santa the Second didn't give two shakes of a rats tail - they'd started looking into it and getting pumped to buy me something so they were going to do it anyway! I was stunned by her generosity, and more than happy to carry on seeing as she fully understood the situation.

My original gift came and went (some delicious Bath Ales that I managed to drink in the bath because that's just the kind of guy I am) and my conversations with Santa the Second continued, moving on from my interests to all sorts of topics.

Fastforward a few weeks, skip a couple of location guessing games and tales of our adventures and I go home to my parents to find part one has arrived! Exciting times!