Let me preface this with some not-so-great news. Yesterday morning, we found out that my husband was let go from his job. I know, Merry Christmas... right? Since his salary was our main source of income, it was a really REALLY shitty thing to find out.

In the midst of all of the sad/frustrated/worried texts my husband and I were sending to each other yesterday while I was at work, he sent me one that said, "You got a reddit gift." I dismissed it, because you know... stuff sucked.

When I got home, the package from my Santa was sitting on the counter. With a sigh, I began opening it... not really feeling the Christmas spirit.

When I peeked inside and saw all of the sweetly wrapped gifts, I immediately teared up. Some stranger out there took the time out of their day or days to learn about my family, my likes and dislikes, to choose, purchase, carefully wrap, and ship ME... a random stranger... gifts.

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And this is what it's all about folks.

So, most of all... Thank you, Santa. Thank you for bringing me some Christmas joy when I most needed it.

ALSO...

Thank you for all of the lovely gifts.