My initial Secret Santa abandoned ship and never made contact with me. I hope he/she merely has a case of douchebaggery and nothing worse.

Meanwhile, I sure got rematched with a terrific Santa from California. Alvaro sent several emails just making contact to be sure I knew I hadn't been forgotten and he took the time to get to know my interests.

Jewelry!? Santa knows best! Check out these beautiful handcrafted silver Star Trek earrings! And because my Santa knows what's up, I also got some terrific (locally made- which was my only real request) dark chocolate.

Thank you Alvaro! I wore my new earrings to work today and enjoyed judging my coworkers based on whether or not they recognized the Enterprise Emblem.

Live long and prosper!