After the exchange started, my Santa contacted me to ask a few questions and let me know that the gift would be shipping closer to the end of the exchange. Santa was going on a trip. I got a message letting me know the package had been shipped. Santa had made it home. So not only did I get items from Santa’s latest hometown, I got some from the original hometown too.

When the package arrived, something strange happened. All 3 cats gathered for the opening. Usually, it’s just Nimbus, and Pippin will wander in. Gray Cat will hang out for pictures,. But this time, they were all waiting. It was like they knew there some something inside for them. When I cracked the tape, I found some padding for the contents. I pulled out a paper bag with handles…and the cats gasped and giggled their little cat giggles. When I set it down, each took a turn inside and played while I emptied the rest of the box. Nimbus attacked the box and checked out all the contents. You’d think this was the Presents for Pets exchange.

Beyond the packaging, I found 2 keychains, one from Santa’s original hometown for the Denver Broncos, the other represented the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team. There were a couple of local magazines from Las Vegas to let me know all the cool stuff I didn’t get to do. Kidding…everything looks like lots of fun….maybe I’ll take a trip. Two magnetic chip clips from Vegas came next. They’re really heavy duty and will keep bags closed. I can throw out the wimpy dollar store ones now. I extracted a deck of cards from a place called the D. After looking it up, it’s a hotel and casino whose tag lines seems to be “Long on Fun. Short on Ordinary.”

Digging deeper into the package, I found a CD full of songs about Las Vegas. Very cool. Now Elvis is stuck in my head. Next item was a flyer on Wild & Free a Battle Born Field Trip that took place back in March. They visited some favorite Vegas spots for art, history, food, and drink. A padded envelope popped out of the box and held two little bottles of Vegas moonshine. The final item was a book of ghost stories called Haunted Las Vegas. Inside that, I found some stickers, a magnet, and a couple of cool post cards. Santa had added an arrow to the Denver card to indicate the original homebase.

So far, I’ve read the first two stories in the book which brings me back to Elvis and his immortal words…and you have to say them with the Elvis voice. “Thank ya, thank ya very much.” My cats and I would crank the rating up to 11 if we could.