It started when I received one of those customizable video e-cards anonymously in my inbox. It was addressed to me and had my Facebook profile photo and a bunch of other semi-personal information. It was addressed from my Reddit secret santa and was a perfect mix of creepy and awesome. From that I knew I was going to get an amazing gift.

A few days later I got my tracking number and the package originated in The Philippines and it made it all the way to Canada in two days! Two days!

In my likes/dislikes I asked for things that are hand made and that are specific to their region and I couldn't have been luckier.

First she sent me a card. The envelope was covered in hand drawn memes, decorations, and all manor of Reddit-ness. The card inside turned out to be four pages of poetry talking about the gift, where it came from and where she is from. It also included drawings and cartoons. My personal fav is a bear dressed up like a ranger holding a jar labeled "MAPLE". She also covered over the "conservative religious" greeting in the card with a note explaining how in the conservative world she lives in Reddit allows her to act however she wants to.

Second was carved wooden tic-tac-toe set to bring some of the warmth of the beach to my world of snow.

Next, a book in two languages. A story with pages in both Tagalog and English depicting a heart warming story to teach me about her heritage.

There was also a little bag tied with string that was specifically marked as not for me. She crawled through my comment history and saw me talking about my lovely wife so she included a necklace for her! So thoughtful, especially since my wife's secret santa appears to have totally neglected her. She loves it.

Finally, since my comment history has an embarrassing amount of posts relating to cats, she included a book of cats. A National Geographic photography book on cats. She made a beautiful jacket for the book, hand labeled and glued. Inside the FILLED the book with post it notes giving all the cats clever LOLCAT captions. This book is going to sit on our living room table for a very long time.

PattiF, you are amazing. Thank you. Inside the card you included:

"PS. Making this made me really happy. Thank you."

It couldn't have made you any happier than it made us when we received it.