First off, a story: last year I was disappointed to find that my Secret Santa gift simply never arrived -- despite being listed as dispatched. Each day I waited by the door for the postie and, alas, he never rang (or at least not with the gift). But I thought, what the hey, let's try it again for 2013... and, to my surprise, it totally made up for last year's letdown!

Hidden inside the Special Delivery parcel was a superb leather-bound notebook with its own metal latch. An amazing tool for myself (yes, I'm one of those annoying writer wannabes), and one I will use a lot, I'm sure. The book came with a lovely letter which revealed the existence of a 007-style SD card taped to the inside of the book. After digging around for a micro-SD reader I found upon the card a Glitch Mob album I'd never heard before ... how thoughtful!

Overall an amazing gift and an amazing glimpse at the human goodness that reddit so often reveals to those willing to get involved.

Merry Christmas to my Secret Santa!