Manufactured in a factory in China, sent to a company in New York, shipped to a redditor in New Zealand, and finally, here to me in Dallas, it is the GREAT MOUSTACHES MUG: a mug-based catalogue of some of the greatest facial hairs in the history of upper lips. Included on the side are everything from Nietszche to Groucho. I couldn't be happier!

Included was a letter from my anonymous santa:

OH HAI draxiom!

Hopefully this gets to you quickly. It's come a long way! Actually it's come a long way twice (perhaps three times) as it was made in China for a group in NY. But I digress:

Hope you enjoy drinking some smooth Ethiopian Yirgacheffe or whatever is currently taking your fancy out of this rather comical mug of moustaches! I almost kept it for myself, it's so cool. I have also padded the inside with some newspaper from my part of the world which you might enjoy...or just throw out. The choice is yours!

Anyway, cheers, and go the All Blacks!! Rugby World Cup 2011 Champions!

Anon

Funnily enough, that newspaper was the first thing my sister got excited over when I opened it. Surprisingly very little of the news on the paper was sheep-related like I originally expected. ;) Also, equally funnily enough, I AM actually enjoying my Yirg from this very mug as we type (Counter Culture's batch from Haru — amazing stuff).

Thanks so much, mister or misses anonymous from the land of the Zealands! I really appreciate the gesture!

PS- The goofy-ass photo of yours truly and his slight case of bedhead was made possible by that same sister. You can also thank her for the plastic moustache, since the ginger moustaches are notoriously invisible on white skin.