Yesterday I received a mysterious card from my books santa, which was not to be opened until an amazon package arrived at a future date... Today the amazon package arrived and I got to open both!

My morning was spent casting models at home for an upcoming project, and when the doorbell went I assumed it was the next boy arriving but instead was presented with the sight of a poor delivery man dragging a package up my front drive. This thing was huge. The size of my upper body huge. I wish I had cats, because they would live in the box and call it a palace - that size of huge!

Eagerly I snapped a photo of it and tore the box open - and then the doorbell went again! This time it was the next model, and I sat and looked at his portfolio all the while this huge box was open, taunting me, with the protective packaging obscuring its contents!

Eventually, I was able to drag the package into the kitchen and pull out the packaging. I was absolutely awestruck by the amount which was inside, and quickly took another photo before disturbing or looking at anything! Then, another model arrived. I was beginning to curse my job because honestly who cares about attractive young men when there's a package of unknown goodies just waiting for me?!

Finally, a few hours later, the casting finished and I was able to properly explore my gifts. And then I had a little bit of a break down. kipjor, my amazing and truly incredible santa, had gone utterly above and beyond to give me the most amazing presents possible, I’m still in shock over what he sent to me.

When I saw what was there, I called up my best friend in absolute amazement and we pondered on the morality of accepting gifts from someone who was obviously clinically insane and should not be allowed control of their own bank balance.

kipjor had sent me a number of books of my wishlist, literally the ones I was most keen on reading (I’m pretty sure he’s some kind of mind reader!), some books related to where he hails from (Australia ftw!), an awesome looking zombie game and a Kindle Fire.

Yeah, that’s right - a Kindle Fire. What the fuck. Just what the fuck kipjor?! (Obviously a very appreciative but still utterly stunned and shell shocked what the fuck)

He had messaged me earlier in the exchange to ask if I had a kindle, as some of the books on my wishlist were kindle books but I’d asked specifically for paper books. I explained that I’m terrified of flying but have to fly a lot, so mostly read books while on the plane to calm my nerves; and that I didn’t have a kindle but used the kindle app on my laptop regularly.

Which, I think, brings us to the letter that I finally got to open (after 10 or 15 minutes and a strong cup of tea to recover from the shock with). It was incredibly sweet and very touching, explaining a little more about the gifts he sent. Hopefully you can read it from the photos I’ve uploaded!

So thank you so much kipjor, I’m sorry this is so long and rambling but I blame that on the shock (yes still, probably for a good week or two more at least)!! For me the Reddit Gifts exchanges are all about giving to people, I love it and it’s the reason I first started participating in the exchanges, getting a gift from someone is just a nice bonus! But I never even dreamt of receiving a gift (gifts!!) as touching and incredible as this. Thank you.

TL;DR: My books exchange santa is sadly insane.