This was my second round of exchange after the Secret Santa 2014. I have yet to receive anything from my rematch from Christmas, so this was the first gifts I got, and wow, what a way to renew my faith in the system and the general awesomeness of Redditors.

I kept my profile pretty sparse, I thought, but mentioned that I liked Sondheim, Tennessee Williams, and that I am a writer

Pretty early I saw a package had shipped, and there was even a tracking number to obsessively watch! I was so excited, giddy really. Then it happened. A SECOND shipment and a SECOND tracking number. Well, this Broadway fanatic just about lost it. Then, because my Secret Santa is amazing, a THIRD shipment and a THIRD tracking number!

I am a huge fan of ramped up excitement and anticipation, so I let myself check in with the tracking numbers about five times a day.

I received my first gift soon after. It was a CD called "Send In The Clowns", a collection of ballads from composer Stephen Sondheim. All songs were immediately scanned into my computer and put on my phone, and I have been listening to them over and over, enough so that my four year old daughter now knows the words to "Not A Day Goes By" and "Finishing the Hat", which I think we can all agree is much nicer to hear than "5 Little Monkeys" for the 100th time. :)

The CD came with a note from my Secret Santa explaining that "Unfortunately" my gifts would be split into different shipments. Well, Santa, let me tell you, that is no problem at all! I have been thoroughly enjoying knowing one thing after another is going to make its way into my, again, giddy arms.

The next package I received was a DVD of one of my Secret Santa's AND my favorite adaptations of a Tennessee Williams play, "Suddenly, Last Summer". Santa, I love this movie. I love it so much. Before this I had only seen it once on the Turner Classic Movies channel, but I have thought about it often and had already ruined the ending to it by regaling my fiance with the plot a few times. He is a good enough guy that, even though melodramas aren't his thing, he sat through it all and discussed it with me. It was great. So thank you for that :)

This afternoon I received my third package. In it was the book "Playwrights on Playwriting". I haven't started it yet, but it is definitely my kind of topic :)

Santa, you were so thoughtful in your gifts and I really appreciate it. I should mention I live on the east coast of the U.S. and it has been/is still a loooonnnnnng, gray, difficult winter. Cabin fever sucks, especially with young kids. This experience has given me something to look forward to, something to enjoy, and something to remind me of the goodness of others.